{"id":3318,"date":"2016-08-11T09:20:20","date_gmt":"2016-08-10T23:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foxbatpilot.com\/?p=3318"},"modified":"2016-08-11T09:20:20","modified_gmt":"2016-08-10T23:20:20","slug":"side-slipping-in-the-a32-vixxen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/foxbatpilot.com\/?p=3318","title":{"rendered":"Side-slipping in the A32 Vixxen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foxbatpilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/side-slip-limits.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3320\" src=\"http:\/\/foxbatpilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/side-slip-limits.jpg?w=627\" alt=\"Side slip limits\" width=\"406\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"http:\/\/foxbatpilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/side-slip-limits.jpg 1848w, http:\/\/foxbatpilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/side-slip-limits-300x212.jpg 300w, http:\/\/foxbatpilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/side-slip-limits-1024x723.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/foxbatpilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/side-slip-limits-768x542.jpg 768w, http:\/\/foxbatpilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/side-slip-limits-1536x1084.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 406px) 100vw, 406px\" \/><\/a>The A32 Vixxen (and A22 Foxbat) can be freely side-slipped with or without flap. Pilots should\u00a0read the Pilot Operating Handbook (POH) carefully, as the information on side-slipping speeds and bank angle limit is all there.\u00a0In summary for the A32 Vixxen:\u00a0the limit for full control deflection is\u00a081 knots &#8211; this is the top speed limit for side slipping with no flap.\u00a0The flap limiting speed is 79 knots and this is the top speed limit for side slipping with flap.\u00a0Technically, there is no bottom speed limit for side slipping but be strongly aware of stalling at slow speeds with large control surface deflections. Stall speeds will be higher than in normal straight &amp; level flight!\u00a0Finally, the maximum bank angle for slips is 15 degrees.<\/p>\n<p>Personally, my preference for side slipping speed is somewhere between 50 and 65 knots, with or without flap. Everything seems more comfortable and controllable at these speeds, which are well above the stall and don&#8217;t stress the airframe to its maximum limits.<\/p>\n<p>Hope that&#8217;s helpful!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The A32 Vixxen (and A22 Foxbat) can be freely side-slipped with or without flap. Pilots should\u00a0read the Pilot Operating Handbook (POH) carefully, as the information on side-slipping speeds and bank angle limit is all there.\u00a0In summary for the A32 Vixxen:\u00a0the &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/foxbatpilot.com\/?p=3318\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[410,641,888],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/foxbatpilot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3318"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/foxbatpilot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/foxbatpilot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/foxbatpilot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/foxbatpilot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/foxbatpilot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3318\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/foxbatpilot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/foxbatpilot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/foxbatpilot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}