We already know these types of motion from Chapter 6, Building a Drone to Take Selfies and Record Videos, but we will use the glider to recap them. Roll is the motion along the longitudinal axis, pitch is the motion along the lateral axis, and yaw is the motion along the vertical axis.
The following image demonstrates the direction of all three motions:
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