Well. Thanks all. You may be surprised to hear that I don't regret starting this thread, even if it made me look like a prat
One thing you ain't
db is a prat, raising the subject is a learning exercise in that it generates discussion, it's a bit like the quote "there is no such thing as a stupid question". Although I had military training on the T-34 and T-28 side slipping was not part of repertoire the taught, though it was in my previous civil life. Overshooting badly on a simulated engine failure into a thinly treed paddock one day in the T-28 it didn't even enter my mind to try side slipping, may have got a wrap across the knuckles from the instructor and a lecture on spinning or snap rolls.