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Old September 25th 08, 04:41 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Mick[_2_]
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Default Crab, slips, and crossed controls


"Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message
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| On Sep 22, 5:29 pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
| george wrote in news:7f5d8c7e-2345-427c-bec6-
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| On Sep 23, 8:17 am, John Godwin wrote:
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| That's incredible. When I took my CFI Ride, I had to demonstrate
| a maximum effort forward slip on final. Kicked out when I was
| over th
| e
| fence and hit the numbers. Seems as if your instructor didn't
| know
| the
| difference between a slip and a skid.
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| A number of aircraft that I've flown do not have flaps and the
| sideslip was an everyday common maneuver .
| I found the practice was frowned upon in the modern aircraft as
| there were claims that the elevators were shielded and all manner
| of problems could develop
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| Some early big flap cessnas got a little wobbly, but that's all. The
| Bird dog gets very funky when slipped with full flaps ~( 60 deg) but
| mostly it
| 's
| just another skill falling into decline because it's "too hard"
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| Bertie
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| I'm a student with 70 hrs and my CFI teaches slips to bleed off
| altitude, especially for engine failure practice. The only restriction
| is not to use full flaps in a 172SP. Apparently it causes too much
| vibration.
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| You're one of the fortunate ones!
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| Bertie

Your not, you're a dumb ass.