Barnhart wrote:

Real pilots don't need no stinking flaps.  For fun, find some

Cessna/beech pilot, take him up in a cub or biplane, and throw it in a
serious slip and watch his face.

Paul is right, good practice for when the electrics go out.

Barny

I learned to fly in a Schwitzer 2-32 glider.  Spoilers are used to control
rate of decent and sometimes they are not enough. Slips are required at
times,  plus slips are just plain FUN. BTHW I would like to use slips more
often in a C150, but they are not approved with full flaps. Most of the

time

I use full flaps, so no slips most of the time.

Monty

Do it anyway Monty at altitude so you can become familiar with how it
behaves. The 172 bucks a bit more with full flaps than the 182. Never
tried it in a 150.

Paul Lamar

Check the operating manual first.  The 172 has a no slip restriction when
flaps are deployed.  Also, a member of our EAA chapter was killed in a
breezy several years ago.  He loved to slip airplanes on final.  However the
breezy cannot be slipped.  No buddy knows for sure but a slip might have
been what killed him.  Know your plane's capability or, in the case of
Experimental, test it at a safe altitude.

Del Johnson

If your engine is dead and you find yourself still a bit too high
over that foot ball field you choose and some how you still got the flaps 
all the way down in your 150 it might be nice to know what it
will do as a slip is your only option left. Screw the operating manual.

"Do it anyway Monty at altitude so you can become familiar with how it
 behaves."

It is not going to fall out of the sky.
 
Paul Lamar
 
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