Hans Sachetti: Well, the Boeing and Airbus aircraft have adjustable rudder pedals. But are you asking about specific training aircraft or aircraft in general?
Esmeralda Pigram: As far as GA aircraft go, the two that come to mind right off the top of my head are the Liberty XL2 and the Diamond D40. There may be some others but those are the ones I think of first.I am assuming here that you are referring to the pedals being adjustable, moving forward and backward to adjust the pilot's reach.
Nikki Sypult: The rudder pedals control the rudder, which *primarily* controls the yaw of the aircraft (direction about it's yaw axis, AKA it's vertical axis). Rudder trim is controlled by a tab on the trailing edge of the rudder, which when adjusted "holds" the rudder in a desired position (which could be right or left of center) by aerodynamic forces acting on the trim tab. The purpose of this is to relieve the pilot of needing to apply constant foot pressure to one rudder! pedal or the other for a long period of time. The trim tab, as described by Ben Dere, is either mounted to the rudder on a hinge and is controlled by a trim control in the cockpit, or it is fixed to the rudder without a hinge as a bendable piece of metal that can only be contolled by bending the metal by hand when the aircraft is on the ground....Show more
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