Rudder
noun
A flat piece, usually of wood or metal, on a boat that is used for steering by turning it.
The boat crashed because the rudder was damaged and couldn't steer the right direction.
Often appears as...
- steer the rudder
- rudder control
noun
A component in some aircraft that is used to control the yaw motion.
The rudder helps to steer the plane on its vertical axis.
Often appears as...
- aircraft rudder
- rudder input
Usage tips
Technical
noun
Someone or something that guides or directs.
She has been the rudder to me throughout my life, guiding me through all the ups and downs.
Often appears as...
- guiding rudder
- rudder of life
noun
A flat piece, usually of wood or metal, on a boat that is used for steering by turning it.
The boat crashed because the rudder was damaged and couldn't steer the right direction.
Often appears as...
- steer the rudder
- rudder control
noun
A component in some aircraft that is used to control the yaw motion.
The rudder helps to steer the plane on its vertical axis.
Often appears as...
- aircraft rudder
- rudder input
Usage tips
Technical
noun
Someone or something that guides or directs.
She has been the rudder to me throughout my life, guiding me through all the ups and downs.
Often appears as...
- guiding rudder
- rudder of life
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Nautical Steering
The rudder is crucial for navigation in water, acting as a ship's steering wheel.
Turn the rudder to port to avoid the rocks.
Pro Tip 2/3Vital for Safety
A damaged rudder poses a serious safety risk on a boat as it affects steering capacity.
During the storm, the rudder got hit by debris and became unresponsive.
Pro Tip 3/3Physical Movement
To use a rudder, you physically move it or related controls like a wheel or tiller.
The captain instructed the crew on how to manually operate the rudder.
Pro Tip 1/3Nautical Steering
The rudder is crucial for navigation in water, acting as a ship's steering wheel.
Turn the rudder to port to avoid the rocks.
Pro Tip 2/3Vital for Safety
A damaged rudder poses a serious safety risk on a boat as it affects steering capacity.
During the storm, the rudder got hit by debris and became unresponsive.
Pro Tip 3/3Physical Movement
To use a rudder, you physically move it or related controls like a wheel or tiller.
The captain instructed the crew on how to manually operate the rudder.
Pro Tip 1/3Nautical Steering
The rudder is crucial for navigation in water, acting as a ship's steering wheel.
Turn the rudder to port to avoid the rocks.
Pro Tip 2/3Vital for Safety
A damaged rudder poses a serious safety risk on a boat as it affects steering capacity.
During the storm, the rudder got hit by debris and became unresponsive.
Pro Tip 3/3Physical Movement
To use a rudder, you physically move it or related controls like a wheel or tiller.
The captain instructed the crew on how to manually operate the rudder.
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Reel Talk Ep. 11 -...
wrong way and I just wanted to position the boat that's all so just get out of the way I just let me move the boat because the fish is circling he's gonna get cut off by the rudder if we didn't move the boat well ultimately we did see you let him go he was sleeping you said hey we need bait you took off left him alone with the boat let's all see what happened
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Drake Versus Sharks PIPE...
what's going on with our little anchor problem here maybe we sucked it in sometimes doing the boats drifting around the lines going to eat about rope floats around and gets entangled in the propeller or the rudder and when that happens you can't maneuver your boat because you could break something the someone is definitely going swimming well it's so
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Animal Life in the...
sort of end up where in the direction so there's a lot of a lot of um importance on on the direction they jump but they can actually they they have muscles in that membrane so they can squeeze them on one side squeeze them on the other they can they use their tail as a rudder so they can actually
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A broken body isn't a...
your feet to control the rudder pedals to control the airplane on the ground I said no I can't use my legs he went oh I said but I can use my hands and he said okay so he got over to the runway and applied the power and as we took off down the runway when the wheels lifted
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Meet the dazzling flying...
are affectionately known as machines with a thousand moving parts all conspiring to do you bodily harm. It turns out that decades ago, skilled pilots were able to fly remote-controlled aircraft that had only two moving a propeller and a tail rudder.
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Cheetah Problems PIPE Five...
revealed the superb running skills of both animals the gazelles sharp pointed hooves helped it change direction in a heartbeat the shooter can only keep up by using its tail like a rudder it's also helped by having paws that don't retract the
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See How Easily a Rat Can...
we think of rats as land animals but it turns out they're expert swimmers rats paddle with their back legs while their front feet steer the tail also works as a kind of rudder rats have incredible stamina they can tread water for three
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How Helicopters Fly PIPE...
side that lift force makes it travel sideways faster than his rudder can correct luckily the pilot was fine which is more than can be said for the reliant robin maybe best stick to a proper helicopter with an actual tail rotor
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Fly with the Jetman PIPE...
Many of the tests are conducted while Yves is strapped onto the wing, because Yves' body is an integral part of the aircraft. The wing has no steering controls, no flaps, no rudder.
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21 Planes From Scratch PIPE...
so I see the plane move and I see the rudder move and I see the stick move and
Video examples
Reel Talk Ep. 11 -...
wrong way and I just wanted to position the boat that's all so just get out of the way I just let me move the boat because the fish is circling he's gonna get cut off by the rudder if we didn't move the boat well ultimately we did see you let him go he was sleeping you said hey we need bait you took off left him alone with the boat let's all see what happened
Video examples
Drake Versus Sharks PIPE...
what's going on with our little anchor problem here maybe we sucked it in sometimes doing the boats drifting around the lines going to eat about rope floats around and gets entangled in the propeller or the rudder and when that happens you can't maneuver your boat because you could break something the someone is definitely going swimming well it's so
Video examples
Animal Life in the...
sort of end up where in the direction so there's a lot of a lot of um importance on on the direction they jump but they can actually they they have muscles in that membrane so they can squeeze them on one side squeeze them on the other they can they use their tail as a rudder so they can actually
Video examples
A broken body isn't a...
your feet to control the rudder pedals to control the airplane on the ground I said no I can't use my legs he went oh I said but I can use my hands and he said okay so he got over to the runway and applied the power and as we took off down the runway when the wheels lifted
Video examples
Meet the dazzling flying...
are affectionately known as machines with a thousand moving parts all conspiring to do you bodily harm. It turns out that decades ago, skilled pilots were able to fly remote-controlled aircraft that had only two moving a propeller and a tail rudder.
Video examples
Cheetah Problems PIPE Five...
revealed the superb running skills of both animals the gazelles sharp pointed hooves helped it change direction in a heartbeat the shooter can only keep up by using its tail like a rudder it's also helped by having paws that don't retract the
Video examples
See How Easily a Rat Can...
we think of rats as land animals but it turns out they're expert swimmers rats paddle with their back legs while their front feet steer the tail also works as a kind of rudder rats have incredible stamina they can tread water for three
Video examples
How Helicopters Fly PIPE...
side that lift force makes it travel sideways faster than his rudder can correct luckily the pilot was fine which is more than can be said for the reliant robin maybe best stick to a proper helicopter with an actual tail rotor
Video examples
Fly with the Jetman PIPE...
Many of the tests are conducted while Yves is strapped onto the wing, because Yves' body is an integral part of the aircraft. The wing has no steering controls, no flaps, no rudder.
Video examples
21 Planes From Scratch PIPE...
so I see the plane move and I see the rudder move and I see the stick move and
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Quote examples
Clayton M. Christensen
American Author
I promise my students that if they take the time to figure out their life purpose, they'll look back on it as the most important thing they discovered while at school. If they don't figure it out, they will just sail off without a rudder and get buffeted in the very rough seas of life.
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Orville Wright
American Inventor
The course of the flight up and down was exceedingly erratic, partly due to the irregularity of the air, and partly to lack of experience in handling this machine. The control of the front rudder was difficult on account of its being balanced too near the center.
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Charlie Pierce
American Journalist
Launching a newspaper without a coherent idea of how you're going to promote it, or get it to people who might want to read it, is like launching a boat without a rudder or an engine... or a hull, now that I think about it.
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Edward Grey
British Politician
The German Emperor is ageing me; he is like a battleship with steam up and screws going, but with no rudder, and he will run into something some day and cause a catastrophe.
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Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Artist
He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a rudder and compass and never knows where he may cast.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
American Writer
Most people are willing to take the Sermon on the Mount as a flag to sail under, but few will use it as a rudder by which to steer.
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Owen Feltham
British Author
Zeal without humanity is like a ship without a rudder, liable to be stranded at any moment.
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Edvard Munch
Norwegian Artist
Without anxiety and illness I should have been like a ship without a rudder.
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Eileen Caddy
English Celebrity
A soul without a high aim is like a ship without a rudder.
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Thomas Carlyle
Scottish Philosopher
A man without a goal is like a ship without a rudder.
Quote examples
Clayton M. Christensen
American Author
I promise my students that if they take the time to figure out their life purpose, they'll look back on it as the most important thing they discovered while at school. If they don't figure it out, they will just sail off without a rudder and get buffeted in the very rough seas of life.
Quote examples
Orville Wright
American Inventor
The course of the flight up and down was exceedingly erratic, partly due to the irregularity of the air, and partly to lack of experience in handling this machine. The control of the front rudder was difficult on account of its being balanced too near the center.
Quote examples
Charlie Pierce
American Journalist
Launching a newspaper without a coherent idea of how you're going to promote it, or get it to people who might want to read it, is like launching a boat without a rudder or an engine... or a hull, now that I think about it.
Quote examples
Edward Grey
British Politician
The German Emperor is ageing me; he is like a battleship with steam up and screws going, but with no rudder, and he will run into something some day and cause a catastrophe.
Quote examples
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Artist
He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a rudder and compass and never knows where he may cast.
Quote examples
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
American Writer
Most people are willing to take the Sermon on the Mount as a flag to sail under, but few will use it as a rudder by which to steer.
Quote examples
Owen Feltham
British Author
Zeal without humanity is like a ship without a rudder, liable to be stranded at any moment.
Quote examples
Edvard Munch
Norwegian Artist
Without anxiety and illness I should have been like a ship without a rudder.
Quote examples
Eileen Caddy
English Celebrity
A soul without a high aim is like a ship without a rudder.
Quote examples
Thomas Carlyle
Scottish Philosopher
A man without a goal is like a ship without a rudder.
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