A pattern slip with inside rudder and the outside wing further down than
usual sounds a lot like a skid to me. I don't want any part of it.
-Bob Korves

"T o d d P a t t i s t" wrote in message
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(Mark James Boyd) wrote:

I meant to clarify in one of my
original posts that I meant that doing a base leg
using a sideslip, with the wing away from the airport
down, gets the glider further from the runway then
doing it with inner wing down instead.

I still don't understand this comment. Your base leg (and
distance from the airport) is exactly what it is. You can
fly that base leg coordinated, or slipping to either side.
Flying in a slip will cause you to lose altitude faster, but
won't change your distance from the airport.

I agree that with the wing down away from the airport, it's
easier to make a turn away from the airport than if you slip
wing down towards the airport. Is that what you're saying?