Originally Posted by
gestrich19
Right or wrong, the same concept I am explaining is done much better justice in "Stick and Rudder" and also expanded below in "The Illustrated Guide to Aerodynamics" by Hubert Smith, Ph.D (1992)
What he is getting at here is lateral/directional stability. When an aircraft is rolling into the turn you will have adverse yaw and yaw rotational inertia. The positive stability of the angle of attack of the vertical stabilizer (hence why it's called that) will 'weathervane' away from the disturbing force, in this case inertia and adverse yaw. The rudder helps more efficiently to overcome adverse (side force) during flight.