Possibly useful and not too difficult to implement.

One could argue a $.00001 bit of yarn does essentially the same thing
but those who pay attention to it - and their airspeed - aren't the
ones who spin in.

On Nov 7, 11:07*am, "Matt Herron Jr." wrote:
There has been much needed focus on safety in our ranks recently, and
in particular the risk of spinning during the turn to final. *This is
almost always caused by slow, uncoordinated flight. *Many of us go
through the trouble of installing an electronic gear up warning to
prevent a costly, but less dangerous gear-up landing. Wouldn't a "Slip
Alarm" be at least as useful? *Setting aside how it might be
implemented for the moment (and there are many possibilities), *I can
imagine something that was activated when the spoilers were out, and
might or might not take into account IAS. * It would simply give a
distinct tone or alarm with a certain degree of yaw. *Yes, we slip on
final on purpose all the time, but we better not be doing it in the
turn to base or final.

Thoughts?

Matt