"Cub Driver" wrote in message
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Early in my training, I was warned not to rely on the airspeed
indicator while the plane was in a slip. So I don't even look at it. I
slip pretty hard, too. ("High and hot and slipping like crazy," as
they used to say of Tom Buck.)

Is that dangerous?

I don't believe it's dangerous. When I'm doing a hard slip (C-172/C-152),
the AI is jumping all over the place anyway, so I choose not to look at it.

Incidentally, my instructor has pretty much broken me of using the AI much
anyhow (I'm VFR only). I fly mostly by feel now in C-172's, using the AI as
validation for what I am feeling. I think Rod Machado did an article about
flying not so much by the numbers, but by the feel of the plane. AI's can
lie and if they lie the wrong way (i.e. indicating too fast) and you really
rely on them, they can bite you.

Don't for a minute believe that I am saying that students shouldn't fly by
the numbers, but I believe their instructors should sometimes slap the ol'
rubber sticky over the AI towards the end of their training.

-Trent
PP-ASEL