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Post #135,032 by jake123 1/12/04 1:22:53 PM Reply	Not a pilot, but... everything I've read about flying indicates that slip landings are practiced, because when you need to do it you better know how to do it to avoid becoming a smoking crater. Opposite rudder is used to lose height quickly. You put the plane on its side, and then push yourself down using the rudder to point the flow of air upwards. This results in sliding sideways downwards very quickly... and there are times when this maneouver is the difference between life and death; for example, when one is close to overshooting the runway. --\n-------------------------------------------------------------------\n* Jack Troughton jake at consultron.ca \n [link\|http://consultron.ca\|http://consultron.ca] [link\|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca\|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca] \n Kingston Ontario Canada [link\|news://news.consultron.ca\|news://news.consultron.ca] *\n-------------------------------------------------------------------
Post #135,045 by mmoffitt 1/12/04 1:48:56 PM Reply	And to keep the nose down the runway. Opposite rudder is used to lose height quickly... During a crosswind landing, there are basically two methods: "crab" and "slip". With a crab you float down sideways until just before the flare. Then you push the windward wing down and apply opposite rudder (the slip configuration). With a slip, you just slip down final. Either way, you want your nose pointing down the runway when your wheel hits the ground :-) (Yeah, I said wheel, because you typically land (in a tricycle gear aircraft anyway) on the one main gear wheel on the windward side ;-) Not at all an uncommon maneuver - and Todd's right. You practice them (at least I do) when I can. My home airport has one runway (10-28) with prevailing southwesterly winds, so most of my landings are crosswind landings anyway. bcnu, Mikem I don't do third world languages. So no, I don't do Java.
Post #135,072 by Another Scott 1/12/04 3:13:44 PM Reply	Push stick forward -- houses get bigger; pull stick back -- -- houses get smaller! The LRPD is following this thread with great interest. :-) Cheers, Scott.

Huh? How does a paraplegic fly a plane? Mikey? - (boxley) - (30) - Jan. 11, 2004, 09:08:26 PM EST

That's interesting. - (mmoffitt) - Jan. 12, 2004, 09:29:33 AM EST

Couple different questions in there - (tuberculosis) - (28) - Jan. 12, 2004, 09:52:40 AM EST

Heh. I won't show this to my father-in-law. - (mmoffitt) - (4) - Jan. 12, 2004, 10:17:12 AM EST

That's the one - (tuberculosis) - (2) - Jan. 12, 2004, 12:55:55 PM EST

You haven't lived... - (mmoffitt) - (1) - Jan. 12, 2004, 01:42:05 PM EST

Successfully land one, that is! :) -NT - (a6l6e6x) - Jan. 12, 2004, 01:46:51 PM EST

My old man had one... - (jb4) - Jan. 12, 2004, 01:28:13 PM EST

Re: Couple different questions in there - (deSitter) - (22) - Jan. 12, 2004, 12:58:40 PM EST

I deliberately practice slips - (tuberculosis) - (17) - Jan. 12, 2004, 01:20:52 PM EST

Slips are fun - (bbronson) - (16) - Jan. 12, 2004, 02:08:04 PM EST

Right on1 '68 is New. Mine's a '61. -NT - (mmoffitt) - (1) - Jan. 12, 2004, 02:09:06 PM EST

I'm leaning towards the 1940's and 50's - (bbronson) - Jan. 12, 2004, 03:37:44 PM EST

Flying Fossil - (tuberculosis) - (13) - Jan. 12, 2004, 02:54:26 PM EST

Re: Flying Fossil - (deSitter) - (2) - Jan. 12, 2004, 03:16:55 PM EST

Closer - (tuberculosis) - (1) - Jan. 12, 2004, 03:51:37 PM EST

What you need. - (mmoffitt) - Jan. 12, 2004, 07:34:20 PM EST

Re: 200+kt for $40k - (bbronson) - Jan. 12, 2004, 03:33:39 PM EST

Hey, pahdna, them's fightin' words. - (mmoffitt) - (8) - Jan. 12, 2004, 03:45:48 PM EST

Chill - (tuberculosis) - (7) - Jan. 12, 2004, 06:48:43 PM EST

Cessna 172 - (jake123) - (4) - Jan. 12, 2004, 06:00:14 PM EST

That's a pretty poor bush plane - (tuberculosis) - (2) - Jan. 12, 2004, 06:37:56 PM EST

I prolly misremembered the number - (jake123) - Jan. 12, 2004, 06:58:39 PM EST

Just pop in an Allison with a supercharger :) -NT - (deSitter) - Jan. 12, 2004, 07:05:43 PM EST

also Popular in Alaska -NT - (boxley) - Jan. 12, 2004, 07:01:54 PM EST

You know, some of us actually enjoy the trip. - (mmoffitt) - (1) - Jan. 12, 2004, 07:29:01 PM EST

That's cool - (tuberculosis) - Aug. 21, 2007, 05:40:34 AM EDT

Not a pilot, but... - (jake123) - (2) - Jan. 12, 2004, 01:22:53 PM EST

And to keep the nose down the runway. - (mmoffitt) - (1) - Jan. 12, 2004, 01:48:56 PM EST

Push stick forward -- houses get bigger; pull stick back -- - (Another Scott) - Jan. 12, 2004, 03:13:44 PM EST

The hardest thing for me about x-wind. - (mmoffitt) - Jan. 12, 2004, 01:59:01 PM EST

Unfortunately, with great ambition comes great shit hitting the fan.
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