On Nov 7, 1:07*pm, "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

I had a Yaw String alarm once. It worked great, his name was Larry.
It's amazing what enough yelling from the back seat will make you stop
doing. Sometime later during check ride a Designated Examiner asked
me to skid the airplane in a turn at a safe altitude, and I had a
difficult time doing it correctly. My favorite Yaw String Story was
when an instructor announced "My Aircraft" and took over the controls
briefly and then gave them back to the student without further
explanation. During the post flight debriefing the student inquired
as to why the aircraft was taken away from him. The instructor's
reply was "Oh I just wanted to check the Yaw String, to make sure it
wasn't broken".