The dynamic equal and opposite control input design of the pedals on a bike, like the dynamic equal and opposite control input design of the rudder pedals in an airplane make longitudinal alignment with a distant target a snap in either simple machine. Coordinated weight shift, gross at first, comes automatically into play, with the bike, as we first push down on the up pedal and lean in the direction away from that down moving foot. With a few minutes dual and an hour or so of solo bike time, we begin to limit the weight shift until we are using mostly just dynamic, proactive pedal movement to go straight down the road.

Now we learn to use weight shift in the direction of desired turn to turn. When the Wright Flyer's weight required more than weight shift, both the brother's wing warping and Curtis's hinged aileron brought adverse yaw into the mix. Adverse yaw is not equal and opposite. It's complicated. Dutch Rolls will tune our rudder/aileron coordination, but this coordinated dynamic and proactive longitudinal alignment would get dicey on short final. It is also work intensive and inefficient in cruise.

Long story short, think about how efficient you got with your bike dynamically and proactively pushing the pedals with minimal dynamic, proactive leaning to go straight down the road. Use of rudder only, in cruise and especially on final, will achieve efficient longitudinal alignment with minimal banking (as one wing speeds up a bit and one wing slows down a bit.) Use of coordinated turns, on final, results in dynamic, proactive turning left off target, right off target all the way down.

If we use rudder only on final, we greatly minimize this rolling effect. No turning takes place. And we are automatically ahead of the airplane if there is a slight crosswind we didn't expect. If we are habitually using rudder only on final, we will automatically put the upwind wing down a bit to counter the crosswind.

Now that we have longitudinal alignment under control on final, we have to be alert to crosswind during cruise. If we find ourselves flying one wing low, we need to use a bit of rudder toward the low wing to change to a crab into the crosswind. Once we have worked out the amount of longitudinal axis (between the legs) offset from the distant target, we now want to fly our butt in a directed course toward the distant target. Yes! We will be much more efficient using rudder only to maintain this wings level crab. For a few hours, try using a grease pencil to draw a circle around the target and put a dot on the target. Now walk the rudders dynamically and proactively to keep this pipper on the target.