As some of you know I am in a re-learning the basics phase, and I bought "Stick and rudder" by Wolfgang Langewiesche. It is said to be a must-read.Wolfgang Langewiesche wrote:The important thing to understand about the rudder pedals is that they are unnecessary ; like your wisdom teeth, they serve no very good purpose but can cause much trouble.
The airplane needs no rudder pedals. It should have no rudder pedals.
The only purpose of rudder is to cover up the mistakes of the designers.
My opinion: lots of text laid out as a novel, very few sketches and drawings, so not very appealing and not always easy to read. BUT lots of gems!