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Old September 24th 08, 07:20 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Mick[_2_]
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Default Crab, slips, and crossed controls


"Vaughn Simon" wrote in message
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| "Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message
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| Slips are slips no matter where you are and slips, while aerodynamically
| identical have different references.
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| This is one of those aeronautical "discussions" that can go on forever
| without a clear winner or loser, unless you can agree on who's definition
you
| wish to accept. For very basic piloting questions like this, I keep an
old copy
| of "Stick and Rudder" on the shelf. I found it interesting that Wolfgang
| apparently found no need to make a distinction; regardless if done for
glidepath
| control or landing in a crosswind, he calls them both "sideslips".
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| Go figure.
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| Vaughn
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Does the term forward slip describe a slip? Yes.

Does the term side slip describe a slip? Yes.

Do both requre the same control inputs? Yes.

What next? Will we have pattern turns, cross country turns, sight seeing
turns, high altitude turns etc.