Crab, slips, and crossed controls
"Mick" #$$#@%%%.^^^ wrote in :
"Vaughn Simon" wrote in message
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| "Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message
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| Slips are slips no matter where you are and slips, while
| aerodynamically identical have different references.
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| This is one of those aeronautical "discussions" that can go on
| forever
| without a clear winner or loser, unless you can agree on who's
| definition
you
| wish to accept. For very basic piloting questions like this, I keep
| an
old copy
| of "Stick and Rudder" on the shelf. I found it interesting that
| Wolfgang apparently found no need to make a distinction; regardless
| if done for
glidepath
| control or landing in a crosswind, he calls them both "sideslips".
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| Go figure.
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| Vaughn
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Does the term forward slip describe a slip? Yes.
Does the term side slip describe a slip? Yes.
Do both requre the same control inputs? Yes.
What next? Will we have pattern turns, cross country turns, sight
seeing turns, high altitude turns etc.
What's this "we" ****, wannabe boi?
Bertie
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