Slip Details

摘要

Performing a slip-forward or side-involves uncoordinated flight. Normally, that doesn't pose an operational problem and in many cases can be beneficial, which is why we use them. But because uncoordinated flight is involved, some other considerations can come into play:rnIn a slip, we have an "uphill" wing and a "downhill" wing. Since we are not in coordinated flight, fuel will flow downhill. If ours is an airplane with individually selectable fuel tanks, and we are feeding the engine from the tank that is downhill in the slip, the engine may soon quit because fuel flows away from the fuel port.