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The vertical stabilizer is to provide additional anti torque force to the fuselage once the aircraft has forward motion and airflow across the lifting surface. The design makes use of forward motion and the resulting airflow to create an anti torq...
The rudder controls movement of the airplane about its vertical axis. This motion is called yaw. Like the other primary control surfaces, the rudder is a movable surface hinged to a fixed surface, in this case, to the vertical stabilizer, or fin. Moving the left or right rudder pedal controls the rudder.