Slip-turn

A slip-turn is a maneuver in which an aircraft turns using only the rudder. In most aircraft, the presence of a fixed vertical stabilizer complicates the maneuver. However, in those in which the whole of the vertical stabilizer comprises the rudder, such as the Fokker Dr.I triplane, the aircraft can be made to effectively skid in the horizontal plane, a technique employed by the German World War I ace Josef Jacobs[1] to great effect, and which Werner Voss used in his final combat.

Notes
  1. Franks p218
gollark: > trusting used storage devices
gollark: That must be a comforting thought.
gollark: I could just remove them.
gollark: In case you might want it later, presumably.
gollark: That would be mean and thus impossible. If it did happen anyway you'd have to copy everything from your existing installs I *guess*.

References
  • Norman Franks : Dog-Fight: Aerial Tactics of the Aces of World War I (2003) ISBN 1-85367-551-2


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