Piper L-4 forward slip, landing and high tail taxi

[chuckzxcvbnm]

Beautiful landing and a flawless forward slip. Well done!

[zokacar]

A slipping turn achieves the same aim as a forward slip-increased rate of descent without increasing airspeed-but does this in a turn. The turn is slowed, but not prevented, by the use of opposite rudder. It is very useful during the turn to final approach. Well done maestro!!!

[BigGmeHunter]

Fantastic forward slip. Obviously a very skilled and experienced pilot.

[wolfblue1]

A thing of beauty

[nittynorns]

Great bit of flying:)

[batz52]

nice job

[kosnow11]

lol. hot shot pilot, what do you know. well done.

[slyonow]

No offense guys, but he can do whatever he wants with his pilots certificate. Don't bash his high tail taxi just cause he's having more fun than you are. I love when people take chances and have fun. More videos!

[Veraux]

that was a beautiful FWRD SLIP!

[CornDogShaun]

awesome

[MrJohndl]

Awesome flying

[CBKillas]

Beautiful

[Therealcockpilot]

Nice slip you rock o like people, having fun in the air so go on flyin`

[StephenAllison8]

its a fwd slip, a side slip is used to combat xwind on approach, a fwd skip is used to descend faster w/o increasing air speed. his taxi was fast to the point of dangerous, his insurance agent ouldnt buy him a beer

[ProudAviator]

You're probably right. In Sweden we have just one word, "vingglidning". The direct translation is side slip. In crosswind we simply "lower the wing into wind" (or step on the rudder, if you prefer that). Maybe I'll update the title.

And a fast taxi is just very low and slow flying, isn't it?... ;-)

[blacls]

@StephenAllison8 DANGEROUS???? his so called fast Taxi was more in controll than some of the normal speeds I see. Sure not to be tried by everyone but somehow I don't think he is inexperienced.

Well Done to Him

[StephenAllison8]

@blacls not to start a controversy, but on the taxi I see no xwind aileron inputs....just saying.....

airmanship is on the ground too....

[a10ace07]

@StephenAllison8

yes, taxi was a LITTLE bit fast. a little bit stupid on a part of the pilot there.

[macsm]

nice.

[Nnexxxx]

That was a great landing, awesome video

[jokerndpack]

I enjoy some of these guys, talking about forward slips and slide slips. I have 17 hours in my log book and my dad (747pilot & piper-cub owner) has me doing tail up taxiing already, just for fun, but it is a good exercise. 3rd generation flier.

Proud aviator, i like your style very much.

[slickshoesken]

180 side approach to a forwards slip and a three point landing on a taildragger.. that pilot got mad skills!

[180355]

Very pretty and proffesional landing with slide slip!!!

[nacho6901]

I thought that was a great "forward slip". I wish i could hold mine that long, I switch to the side slip at about 20 feet. I'm trying though. Great video!

[brianszoo]

im helping my dad with his planes and one of them is a j4, the other a peit. someday i hope to be a good flyer too. i like you guys, brian.

[TriplePac]

Nice slip. So so landing. I doubt that he was "honing his skills" by a little practice (w/ cameras running), there was no "need" for the approach (obstacles or crosswind), his hot-dog throttle asked for a prop strike & and his tiny tailwheel probably didn't appreciate it being banged down after "the take." You-Tube should provide enough clues as to the stupid things pilots do in front of a crowd or camera.

[LethalHobo]

While I can admit his tail looked a bit high for a second, but he knows the plane better than any of us. IMHO His slip and landing were masterful to say the least. He held the slip until the mains were a foot and a half off the ground, pointed his nose straight and touched down like a feather on 3 points at the instant his nose aligned with his foreword momentum. Gorgeous!

[GutpileCharlie]

@TriplePac....I was flying a J3 like that....before you were born....and thought that a side slip landing like that was the norm. Actually, the landing was spot on perfect. I didn't see that he put in side load on that tail wheel.

You do have to be careful taxing with the tail in the air like that....but it is not rocket science. :-)

[TriplePac]

Hey Gut', I learned to fly from a B-17 Test Pilot & got chewed out by the feds for not using flaps when I got my private "several" decades & 15,000+ hhrs back. When I'm not flying a 777, my Pre-War Luscombe didn't come w/ flaps. I get it annualed on a 1700' grass, "strip w/ no go-around. I also flew a few years in the San Juan Islands w/ one go-around for 60 knot winds. Thousands of pilots quietly do this stuff day in & day out. We just don't show-off on You-Tube.

[paulvolio]

Reminds me of my Himax...

[TailwheelForrest]

Now you know why they put nose wheels and control yokes on airplanes. Pilots got lazy in honing their skills. If you are a pilot, you need to spend some time in a plane without flaps, nose wheel, or control yokes. You will be better because of it!

[zuzupetals1999]

Nice FORWARD slip!

[JackFlemingFan]

Excellent! Beautiful airplane!

[RoninTXBR549]

Very clean... well done! 5/5

[skunkertx]

You know how I know this pilot is GOOD? Not because of his slip, high tail taxi or approach, but it's the way he kept the tail DOWN AFTER landing!

He kept control throughout the entire phase. Lots of pilots these days let go of the stick once on the ground. Bad bad bad.

[AKPride00]

@skunkertx

I'm currently training in a Citabria 7ECA and I keep forgetting to hold that stick back. My trainer is the patient kind thank god.

[Mak933]

Now that was simply amazing and one of the best approaches and landings I've ever seen. 6/5 if I could.

[arcaneminded]

wow

[shiftnizzle]

slow and smooth, that's how we do!

[7byseven]

an airline pilot had to do this with a 757 so he could lose altitude quickly but not gain much speed before emergency landing. very clever stuff.

[cmar1420]

a 757 cant do side slip becuse if they do the air flow for the engine will reduse and the engine will stop.

[7byseven]

That must be why he did it then cos he had no engines.

[hovanti]

I am not a pilot, but that was interesting; that slip looked just plain scary!

[EinkOLED]

Many pilots adopted the sideslip manoeuvre before flaps made an appearance. The cross control method which is basically left aileron with opposite application of rudder prevents the yaw and keeps the wings rolled. This make it an alternative to crabbing into wind which allows the pilot to keep the nose tracking the runway with wings rolled while compensating the drift. It is a tricky manoeuvre that need a precise boot of rudder to prevent the aircraft from wanting to yaw.

[meggark]

impressive

[gizmopossible]

Best pilot I've ever seen, besides myself of course :)

[SenorSpode]

Awesome landing, but oy! The tail-high taxi! All it takes is one gopher hole and it's time for a new prop and to rebuild the A-65 Continental...parts are getting hard to come by for those. Even the O-200 is drying up.

[robbiethehood]

that's piloting !

[mrblablablabla]

Wow! Smooth! :)

[SoarinRockies]

You certainly have my respect--and admiration! Love your Piper, too.

[mitgolden76]

that was beautiful flying!! he kept that slip in later than i ever could, and came out perfectly.. that was awesome.

[pppuuuz]

great! my congratulation

[Splinter363]

looks like we got a hot dog

[sanzaza1995]

that was awsome flying!!!!=)

[HR200]

Amazing! Very nice side-slip - well timed into a great landing, and amazing taxi!

[coolfukindude]

that pilot knows how to handle his aircraft, Good flying

[rotienamenam]

terer...terer... memang terer gile!

[Komeuppance]

DRRRRRRRRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIIIIIIII­FFFFFFFFFTTTTT!!

LOL... ok, I'm not that retarded, nice flying!!

[piperflyer1]

very nice

[alphakazi]

I had to rate it a 5 star - very accurate!

[R1Kyle]

Nice slip into the runway... Oh the feeling of flight!!!

[Nieuport17flyer]

That is the only way to land!

[76275]

really nice=)

[1taildragger]

i do that in my corbin junior all the time,,,,one wheel landing's and takeoff's all the time,,,so much fun to fly like that,,makes you a "true stick" when it comes to stick and rudder flying

[Guinnie]

check out udet's amazing landing on You tube loks almost like this one...but with a dead stick!!!

[RockBass91]

I don't recall having experienced, seen, or done a more perfect slip, a better touchdown, or a better control of airspeed ever in my life. If you watch carefully you can tell the airplane stalls out within half a second of touchdown.

Skill to this level is my goal.

[savagecub]

Absolutely OUTSTANDING job. Well done. If I knew who that pilot was I'd buy him a beer.

[ProudAviator]

And I can guarantee that he would appreciate it!!! :-)

[hoody2050]

what a pilt

[glpxt]

It's the exact same maneuvre, the only difference is the flight path above the ground. And in all languages I happen to know there's only one word for it: a slip (or rather the corresoponding word in that language). With one noteworthy exception, of course.

[g4downin]

a sideslip is to correct for a crosswind and a forward slip is to increase drag, increase descent rate without increasing airspeed! :)

[g4downin]

That wasn't a sideslip, it was a forward slip..sweet vid though.. those cubs don't have flaps to steepen their approach path at a reduced speed so they employ the forward slip :)

[ProudAviator]

It wasn't a sideslip, but a "forward slip"?

Please enlighten us!

[phishyphunk]

bro, they are the same control inputs, so enlighten me on how there are different? but sweet ass video tho!

[SnowPilot7777777]

g4downin's right. It's a forward slip. In a forward slip, the plane tracks sideways as to increase drag and increase rate of decent without increasing airspeed. In a side slip, the longitudinal axis tracks forward, but the plane moves sideways, i.e. the bank is started first, then an exact amount of rudder is applied to straighten the flightpath.

[gnomemn]

It's the same maneuver in the end, the difference is how you enter it. :)

[SnowPilot7777777]

Well they are a bit different because in a side slip the nose kilters off heading, but the ground track remains the same...that gives you more drag. In a forward slip, the nose stays on heading, but the plane strafes to the side, thats why it is used in crosswind landings.

[rotienamenam]

so, does that mean an aircraft`s axis (any axis) is in relation with the head wind not the structure?

[SnowPilot7777777]

No, it might have been a little convoluted how I explained it. In this slip, the forward slip, the plane is yawed due to the full rudder input, then turned with aileron just enough to track the runway. So it will look like this even with no wind at all. With the side slip, the nose is straight with the runway, but the plane will have a sideways force against the wind.

[SnowPilot7777777]

......and you also see him switch to a very brief side slip at the last second to account for the right x-wind, causing his upwind wheel to touch first. So like the names, in a forward slip, the plane tracks forward (nose yawed), and in a side slip it tracks sideways (nose straight). If you're doing a side slip to land, the plane will track forward because you are doing just enough slip to counter the wind.

[experimentalaviator]

@g4downin Forward slip/sideslip, we know the difference but what`s the point of this discussion...this is a perfectly normal cub landing, nice one though;)

[c3rb3rus123]

Flashy is what pilots do best! nice video - thanks.

[kezzart]

how do you do that?! gotta go try that in flight sim with the aerosoft super cub and see if its possible in the sim

[ProudAviator]

Cross rudder and ailerons, in this case left aileron and right rudder.

[paulking67]

You shouldn't use brakes on a Cub - they are for manoeuvring really. Nice slip, but he's a bit fast, 48-50mph is all you need, I recon he's approaching at 55-60mph.

[19211926]

hOW DO YOU RECON THAT?

[quinnsteck]

that was impressive

[duxfords]

Mmmmm - very smooth, if a little er, flashy.