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Old September 26th 08, 07:23 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Dave Krueger
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Default Crab, slips, and crossed controls

On Fri, 26 Sep 2008 08:04:32 -0700 (PDT), a wrote:

On Sep 22, 10:35*am, Stefan wrote:
Robert Moore schrieb:

What you have described is the "forward slip". *Although control usage
is the same in both, a "side slip" is used to correct for a crosswind,
and a "forward slip" is used to descend more rapidly


A slip is a slip is a slip.

I always wondered why so many flight instructors celebrate the art of
making simple things seem complicated. I finally came to the conlusion
that it's to look more impressive to the female students.


There are some pretty wonderful 'slips' of the power on variety in the
second minute of this video. Even if you've seen it before, if you
fly, you'll smile and be a little envious -- or a lot envious.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3q8MDFltxI


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