Lesson 01: The 2 Types of Slips and When to Use Them
Intro to Slips By now you are probably familiar with the term “be coordinated”. Your instructor probably keeps telling you this every time you turn the airplane. However, now is your [...]
Lesson 02: How to Enter and Recover From a Slip
Slip Entry with Equal Cross Controls To enter a slip you need to apply rudder and aileron in the opposite direction at the same time. Anticipate that the nose will want [...]
Lesson 03: Slipping Turns
Art, not science. Technically physics. A slipping turn serves the same purpose as a forward slip; to increase the descent gradient, or lose greater altitude over the same distance. It is [...]