Okay, I was looking for an excuse to go fly anyway, so I took out the

club's 150 to

see for myself.  The aircraft slips fine to the right or left with

full, 40 degree,

flaps. There is some rudder buffet and you can't put in a lot of roll

or the ailerons

will overpower the tail and start you turning.  I just adjusted

aileron input to keep

lined up with the runway.  You get about the same glide slope profile

as the Space

Shuttle.

Rick Girard
LEZ +13B

Good work Rick.
Paul Lamar

Rick,

Well, thats good to know. I have done some slips in the 150, but my
instructor had told me that you shouldn't do them with full flaps. He said
the flaps were not designed to take the aerodynamic side load from slipping.
Of course he also said in an emergency, full flaps and full slip should be
used if necessary. I guess he was not familiar with the operating manual.
Next time I will check for myself.

Monty

 
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