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Forum: Tech Log

21st Sep 2011, 03:42

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Forward or side slip

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Posted By westhawk

Certainly Brian. Good examples by the way. Here's...

Certainly Brian. Good examples by the way. Here's more:

Landing gear = undercarriage
Engines = donks (Aussie specific?)
Airport = aerodrome
Ramp = apron (no worries mate, now we have to call it...

Forum: Tech Log

20th Sep 2011, 09:15

Replies: 19

Forward or side slip

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Posted By westhawk

Brian, Aerodynamics for Naval Aviators is a great...

Brian, Aerodynamics for Naval Aviators is a great book and still relevant more than half a century after it's release. :ok:

I agree that AfNA was not the source for the classification of slips...

Forum: Tech Log

19th Sep 2011, 19:31

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Forward or side slip

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Posted By westhawk

Obviously, pilots trained in different places see...

Obviously, pilots trained in different places see these definitions in the opposite sense to each other! :{

This should not be too surprising when one considers that many countries don't even...

Forum: Tech Log

18th Sep 2011, 18:30

Replies: 19

Forward or side slip

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Posted By westhawk

The only difference between a forward slip and a...

The only difference between a forward slip and a side slip is what you are try to accomplish by slipping. In terms of aerodynamics, they are identical. A slip angle is a slip angle as far as the...

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