Originally Posted by
mad_jock
PA38 is quite good for side slipping. Just have to watch that you don't jump into a PA28 and expect the same results because you will be disappointed.
In most of the ancient PA28's I've flown, I could get a pretty impressive ROD just by removing the power.
But to keep this on topic, if you're sending someone off to practice slipping at a safe height, would you not also want to know that they could recover from an unintentional spin? A PA38, if stalled with crossed controls, won't give much warning before it bites & although I've never spun one with the flaps down, I'd expect you'd need to get them retracted smartish to avoid overstressing in the recovery.