Just to confuse matters further:
The Canadian Flight Training Manual describes:
a side slip as " a slip in which the aircrafts longitudinal axis remains parallel to the the original flightpath" This si the preferred technique for crosswind landings.
"a forward slip is one in which the longitudinal axis of the aircraft is at an angle to the desired descent path"
The C-172 POH recommends avoiding slips
with flaps extended
with less than 1/8 tank of gas because of unporting.
Why would anyone want to utilise the fuel selector on a C-172? I have always filled both tanks (and visually checked - the gauges are decorative not functional
)and used the selector on both.
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