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sideslip

sideslip noun: a flight manoeuvre that uses opposing rudder and aileron inputs to move the aircraft sideways without turning it.

Noun

sideslip (plural sideslips)

  1. A flight manoeuvre that uses opposing rudder and aileron inputs to move the aircraft sideways without turning it.
    1. A flight maneuver to rapidly lose speed and/or altitude whilst not altering the aircraft's ground track.
  2. A flight condition where an aircraft's longitudinal axis is not aligned with its direction of motion relative to the surrounding air.
  3. (broadly, uncountable) The angle between an aircraft's longitudinal axis and its direction of motion relative to the surrounding air.

Verb

sideslip (third-person singular simple present sideslips, present participle sideslipping, simple past and past participle sideslipped)

  1. To perform, or place an aircraft in, a sideslip.

Forms of sideslip

Noun
pluralsideslips
alternative formside-slip
Verb
third-person singular presentsideslips
present participlesideslipping
past participlesideslipped
pastsideslipped

Origin of sideslip

From side + slip.

Questions about sideslip

What does sideslip mean?
Sideslip means a flight manoeuvre that uses opposing rudder and aileron inputs to move the aircraft sideways without turning it.
What part of speech is sideslip?
Sideslip can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of sideslip?
The plural of sideslip is sideslips.

Words near sideslip in the dictionary

  1. sideshowman
  2. sideshowmen
  3. sideshows
  4. sideskirt
  5. sideskirts
  6. sideslip
  7. sideslipped
  8. sideslipper
  9. sideslippers
  10. sideslipping
  11. sideslips

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