<< > >> How many people still do slips? Hold up your hands.
 > >> Lynn E. Hanover

 > >I do. It is excellent training for emergency landings.
 > >
 > >Paul Lamar

 > When the speed brake isn't enough, I slip the Long EZ.  No flaps.
 > The Cessnas occasionally, but they have great flaps, so need it less
 > often.
 >
 > Bill Freeman
 > Long EZ builder & pilot
 > BSME, MSME
 > EAA Technical Counselor

 The neat thing about slipping is you can rapidly control your speed
 and your decent rate. The response is near instantaneous while
 electric flaps take awhile to move up and down. Another advantage
 is you can slip at a speed without regard to the safe flap extension
 speed.

 Paul Lamar

Come in high and hot, slip to the numbers, scare the hell out of the
unwashed, exit at the first turnoff.
Lynn E. Hanover

I got my tail dragger endorsement last year in a Maul.  When I set up for my
final approach I would set the standard power and flaps for a two point
landing.  If I came in to high or fast I would slip the plane to control the
approach without adjusting the power.  It worked really well.

My first slip was several years ago on the day I soloed.  Everything went
perfict that day. After doing a simulated engine out landing my instructor
had me come in high without flaps and had me do a maximum slip onto the
numbers.  Ever since that time I have used slips to fine tune my approach
(unless there is a restriction on the plane) or to drop altitude fast.   By
the way, I heard that the Glastar (which is what I'm building) can drop out
of the sky at 2000 ft / min maintaining 100 mph via a slip.  With the rotary
you don't have to worry about shock cooling.

Del Johnson

 
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