Slip slidin' away.
For fun. If you get the chance to fly a Janus up high. Play with slips. It will 'lock over' to either side, dropping like a set of car keys (Thanks for that image JS) and the canopy mounted yaw string (s) will be pointing..... well, you'll see.
I started playing with this about the time that Jonkers broke a rudder cable and the guy had to bail. Having read Derek Piggot's warning about the Janus, and realizing it really took a LOT of pedal force to straighten up, I started thinking about 'recovery' if one of my 30+ year old rudder cables broke. Turns out it IS recoverable, but involves a lot of elevator, and eats a lot of altitude. From a mile AGL, it's doable.
Wondering how long my wandering will persist.
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