Yaw angle

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Yaw angle

The yaw angle is the angle between a vehicle's heading and a reference heading (normally true or magnetic North). One of the Tait-Bryan angles. In aeronautics, robotics and marine control, it is typically assigned the shorthand notation $psi$. [cite book
last = Hurt
first = H. H., Jr.
origyear = 1960
title = Aerodynamics for Naval Aviators
year = 1965
month = January
publisher = U.S. Navy, Aviation Training Division
location = U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington D.C.
id = NAVWEPS 00-80T-80
pages = p. 284
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