By my understanding of reading this article (I think that the terms are US ones),
"forward slip" describes what most of us here in Oz would call a "side-slip" (i.e. nose not pointing in direction of travel, crossed controls, used for losing height). Not related to direction of wind. "side slip" (as described in wiki) is really a subtype of "forward slip". Requires a cross wind onto a ground feature (i.e. runway). That is, you can't do a side slip (as described here) if the wind is straight down the runway. The aircraft's heading is the same as the ground feature, and crossed controls are used to keep the aircraft's heading and track following the ground feature. My 2.2c worth _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
