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He had been steering at the rudder when a great many large, dark shapes darted up from out of the deep.
The wreck now lies in 32-34m of water on her side with the hull relatively intact and the steel screw and rudder still in place.
Unfortunately we need two miles of seaway to stop our ship and our rudder is jammed, hence we cannot change course.
In a series of pictures captured on the periscope's camera, the bear apparently chewed on the rudder, then batted it around.
The free swiveling nose wheel is steered by differential brakes, rudder and throttles and the aircraft is very maneuverable on the ground.
I used rudder, stick, and brakes to keep the jet from sliding sideways or departing the runway.
I let him sort out the rudder and tiller, as we're late, and he's starting to worry.
Although the rudder is amidships, it could simply have fallen to that line as the wreck settled to its starboard side.
The boats are flat-bottomed with a rudder at either end to allow easy manoeuvrability in shallow water.
Use the rudder trim to help relieve the forces on your leg, but don't forget to zero out the trim on final.
The only obvious changes to the airframe are the new canopy and the taller fin extended back over the rudder.
He was a little piqued when I brought it back with a few bullet holes, the antenna shot off and one rudder cable severed.
The twisting action allows the animal to use the flukes in conjunction with the peduncle as a rudder.
Check the engine shaft and rudder stuffing boxes for steady leaks and looseness.
These are twin-hulled boats with a centreboard and a rudder on each hull, a two-sail rig and a mainsail.
The oscillations induced by our rudder corrections got worse with every application, regardless of how smooth we tried to be.
He scurried fore and aft, from the rudder to the helm, trying to keep the ship on course.
This will burn more fuel because of the extra drag caused by the rudder and because the aircraft is no longer streamlined.
The whole submarine was covered in greased leather, with a watertight hatch in the middle, a rudder and four oars.
Be sure that the rudder is amidships, or else aimed to port if the boat starts making sternway.
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Examples from Classical Literature
Phil unshipped the rudder, and they rowed out into the middle of the stream.
As to the rudder of Indras's chariot in the lower bosom of APL, it would seem to me to have a phallic signification.
The rudder of Indras, which passes over the upodaras of APL, is illustrated by this passage in Varro.
At the end of that mile Jonadab's craft's jib boom was just astern of Tobias's rudder.
It just caught the outspread furry tail, which was serving as a rudder and balancer to that adventurous flight.
The big double tail, or rudder, which responded to these movements, was the only steering or control surface used.
The stem should next be undercut with the saws so as to make place for the rudder.
The curves at the rear end of the rudder can be sawed best with a scroll saw.
The gangling Texan was testing his rudder controls and flipping his ailerons with jerky movements of evident impatience.
The lower end of this rod is slit with a hacksaw and the rudder is placed in this.
For this purpose the smallest chain-cable was used, the rudder being raised from the deck by means of sheers.
A mighty wind drove them far from their harbourage, so that their rudder was broken, and their sail torn from the mast.
No, the big elevation rudder was still in place, but it seemed to have no effect on the shim.
There was great danger that he would run into us, as he was like a steamer with only one side-wheel and no rudder.
That the sternpost should show, say, a quarter of an inch above the water-line aft, and the rudder be hung thereon.
It has an unusually thick head-rope, and some lengths of iron pipe are jambed between the blades and the rudder.
The rudder of the Pinta was shipped and secured, and they proceeded on a course for the island of lanzarote, one of the Canaries.
Lilienthal's first experiments were made in 1891 with a pair of semicircular wings steadied by a horizontal rudder at the rear.
On the 6th, warped in and unhung her rudder, sent it on shore, and found that all the lower pentles were broken off.
No, I have unshipped the rudder, and you will have nothing to do but sit still and wonder.
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