What is a "Forward Skip"?

Dave wrote:
This the best explanation I have seen yet..

I have tried it, 1974 172 m, 40 deg., all the rudder we had,
....

You have to work a little harder than that. The phenomenon you were
looking for depends a lot on the CG. Many years ago when I used to fly
Cessnas of various vintage, I discovered the phenomenon after much
trial and error. It was most likely to occur near the rear CG limit in
a (early '70s)172 near gross. Frankly, I don't know what all the fuss
was about. It produced a fairly mild pitch oscilation that I couldn't
distiguish from the usual convective turbulence we get here in the
desert. If it wasn't for the instructor in the back seat pointing it
out, I would have missed it.

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180, slips with flaps and got the T-shirt!)

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It produced a fairly mild pitch oscilation that I couldn't
distiguish from the usual convective turbulence we get here in the
desert. If it wasn't for the instructor in the back seat pointing it
out, I would have missed it.

Once, on approach, I was slipping heavily with full flaps and it felt like
the elevator was blanked out. When I slip in a 172, I apply forward pressure
to the yoke and this time, the yoke lost all resistance to my pushing. The
thing kind of went "limp" and went all the way to the console. I relaxed the
rudder and the yoke shot back into my hand. Mind you, this happened in the
span of a second, but it really got my attention!

I think that this could have been caused by turbulent winds that day
perhaps, but I can't be sure. Either way, I'm a little more careful now.

-Trent
PP-ASEL