Spoilers for Pattern Planes?????

[Adam Glatt]

Jeff Hughes wrote:

>OK, Here comes my ignorance. I always thought that when you slipped a 
>plane you were giving it (for instance) right rudder and left aileron 
>and they canceled each other to make a high drag situation. This 
>worked good on my trainer where there was a lot of roll with the 
>rudder. With my pattern plane I give it rudder and there's nothing to 
>compensate for with the ailerons. What am I doing wrong here.
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Use ailerons to bank to about 30 deg (say left aileron).  Then you would 
use right rudder and up elevator to hold altitude, and proportion each 
so that it goes in a straight line.  Usually requires a bit of left 
aileron to hold the bank.

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