Zero slip (presuming that the heretics of the first part are able to convince the heretics of the second part that such might exist) may constitute minimum drag but there are other contributors to drag in addition to the slip angle and related airflow .. a case of establishing the story for the aircraft.
Definitions in this thread are certainly important and one of the values of the thread is that people are challenged to think about what is being said and what it all might mean ..
.. chaps who, like me, are bears of very little brain .. with the shape to match .. will probably just get confused ... but, hopefully, some folks out there will benefit.
Last edited by john_tullamarine; 20th Sep 2004 at 04:54.