How To Slip To Land

Day 3 of our 31 Day Safer Pilot Challenge I will show an example of a slip to landing and then review the topic more in-depth in the studio.

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[danavenzor]

What a time to be alive. I just gained what once could take weeks, knowledge not necessarily easy to access in a matter of minutes and at the touch of a finger. Brilliant +1

[markfacer]

The 172 I fly has the "Avoid Slips..." placard. The Super Decathlon I fly has no flaps, so we often use slips as part of our energy management on the approach :)

[Zalaniar]

3 for 3! I've never heard the explanation for avoiding slips with flaps, thank you for sharing and providing an easy-to-understand visualization!

[spaulvin-husky]

In russian terminology it is called aerodynamic shadow, and there is famous tupolev 154, which suffers from elevator shadow in landing configuration by design (t-shaped stabilizers). And this is very important to know about this effects.
Thank u for great lessons!

[ranjrog]

3 4 3! Best explanation I’ve seen for the issue of slipping with flaps. I have a 172M and the POH says, “ Steep slips should be avoided with flap settings greater than 20 degrees due to a slight tendency for the elevator to oscillate under certain combinations of airspeed, sideslip angle, and center of gravity loadings”. Not a prohibition or even a placard, just a note in the first paragraph under landings in the POH!

[floppygdog]

I call that move to specifically loose altitude a “forward slip”. We practice these and side slips in flight training and they are listed as required in FAR 61.87(d)(14). In my Light Sport they are quite useful.

Love your channel!

[drcode]

3 for 3...My instructor was BIG fan of slips and constantly made me practice and perform them, even though they sometimes made me uncomfortable. I just realized I have gotten away from using them. Thank you!

[steveellington]

Good lesson, I’ve never really considered that side of the horizontal stabilizer being denied relative wind during a slip with flaps

[johnopalko]

3 for 3. Slips to landing are standard operating procedure in flying gliders.
The fellow who lived across the hall from me, lo these many years ago, was a CFI so we got to hanging around together and swapping lies, etc. I had just gotten my Private in gliders and was thinking about adding an airplane rating. He had never flown in a glider so I invited him for a ride.
We strapped ourselves into the 2-33 and off we went. After about an hour of thermalling around we headed back to the airport. I came in nice and high on final, deployed the spoilers, and kicked it into an aggressive slip. I heard an "Eep!" from the back seat and realized I probably should have briefed him on that.
On the other hand, I did remember to brief him to expect a loud BANG! when I released the tow rope.

[michaelj.mcmurray]

3 for 3: Excellent explanation of the aerodynamics at play in a slip. I learned something new today. That's why I love MzeroA... My Cherokee 6-260 does not have that placard. I am going to check the POH to see if it's supposed to.

[mythicalphoenix]

I only use slips in a 172 when I’m too high on final or there’s a crosswind of some sort. I do have my flaps in but I always maintain at the least 65 knots with the nose pointed down. I’ve never had issue and it’s good to practice I think

[kam]

I soloed the worlds best flapless stick & rudder plane, the aeronca 7ac, at age 16 when I paid $18/hr for plane, fuel and instructor. Slips were taught early on and it was always reiterated to use full control deflection and control the pitch. Miss those days.

[kcwhay]

1962 210B - slips with flaps extended not recommended. Late to the January Safer Pilot Challenge, came across it yesterday, 3/31 and determined 31/31 before the clock strikes midnight! Keep the content coming, thanks for what you do M0A Team!

[waseemissa]

That’s interesting 🧐 I’ve almost always performed slips with flaps and i teach it that way because in the situation you actually need to slip you would have full flaps extended and you still need to lose that altitude to get yourself on the runway therefore I’ve always been taught flaps is necessary. However i see your reasoning behind your explanation and I’ve never seen a placard regarding slips with flaps. 3/3 we learn something new everyday!

[joefitzpatrick]

3 for 3 Jason. Slips feel super awkward when you first do them, but they are super fun. Keep em coming Jason!!!!

[barnstormingbandit]

Side slipping is especially useful for grass strips and older aircraft where an engine out may cause excessive drag. the slip allows us to come in higher but drop down when needed, that being said it is far too easy to slip down too low to the ground, or to become too slow due to false ASI readouts.

[danherlong]

The Tony Robbins of aviation! Great teacher and motivator!😎

[evanhansen]

Great explanation, ‘47 champ, no placard because no flaps! I need to slip or come in with power on each landing so I do a lot of slips. Super vids. I’m 100 %, 3/3 headed to 31 for 31. Stay trained and be safe!

[jonathanjohnson]

3/3 I’ve been flying so many approaches lately that I haven’t practiced this simple maneuver. This reminds me that I need to go practice so I’m prepared in case I need it.

[tbahr]

Jason, I'm 3 for 3. Great videos. Keep them coming please.