Best Slips vs Skids Explanation for Flight Training or Learning to Fly - InTheHangar

(Please Subscribe to our Channel!) If you're learning to fly or a seasoned pilot, DPE Joe Casey returns to talk about the dangerous difference between slipping an airplane and skidding an airplane. One is a useful tool, the other can quickly get the pilot killed. Understanding the airflow and the blanking of the wing can mean the difference. Also learn how to recover from a spin.
00:00 Introduction of Slips and Skids
01:13 Meet DPE Joe Casey
02:21 Starting Slips and Skids
03:30 Define Slip and Skid
04:23 Visual Demonstration of a Slip and a Skid
05:31 Why Skid is Bad
07:12 What creates a spin
08:52 How to recover a spin
12:16 What happens on approach with a skid
14:10 Number One Killer - The Stall Spin
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[@edcoronado]

This lesson needs way more views. This could save lives

[@jamesdehart5039]

As a Cropduster flying extremely low to the ground in extremely heavy airplanes usually no more than 300 feet flying under powerlines at 180 mphAnd doing over 300-600 wing over hammerhead turns a day , also being an Aerobatic competition pilot ,an ex CFI That has trained 38 pilots from start to finish how to fly ,with close to 10,000 hours now ,2000 hours as a Flight instructor my number one piece of advice is take basic aerobatic training which includes advanced spin recovery and emergency manoeuvring training is the single greatest thing that you will ever do for yourself as a pilot !! the moment that airplane reaches a 90° bank angle you need to know to be pushing forward on the controls and be very comfortable flying in the inverted world! it’s just like when the neighbours dog runs in front of you your natural reaction is to hit the brake pedal in an airplane your natural reaction is to pull back on the stick which is a death sentence once you become inverted you need to be trained enough to know that you need to be pushing forward on the stick and continue the roll back to level and you have a chance to recover from this low level spin recovery. there’s no way I can Express to you the importance of basic aerobatic training ! it’s not a waste of money it’s just like learning to drive your car sliding around in the parking lot on ice ,if you don’t do that there’s no way you’re ready for it out on the roads ! same thing in an airplane you need to go exposure self to these inverted conditions to be comfortable with it to give yourself a fighting chance if anything ever goes Wrong close to the ground , you have the tools to give yourself a chance to survive!!!

[@deeanna8448]

This visual REALLY helped me understand the difference between a slip and a skid. So far, I've only read about it. This was seriously a light bulb moment! 💡💡

[@TakingOff]

Exactly!!! When he showed me this after my checkride, major lightbulb.

[@billleblanc8324]

Same here! That visual said it all - worth a thousand words!

[@familymshareef1147]

@@billleblanc8324 I have been doing slip but never understood the logic behind…. I was at Rote lever but now I’m at correlation level…. I’ll flex on the dpe 😂 I got my toy plane ready……

[@unclefreddy2009]

Wow, I knew which one was the dangerous one and frankly use slips always, but this was the best explanation I have seen of the difference. Totally agree with the guest, slips are incredibly useful tools especially to lose altitude if you come in too high on final and want to dump some altitude without increasing speed

[@williambeatty7781]

Every student pilot needs to watch this video !! I've been flying for years and this is the best slip/skid explanation I've ever seen.

[@jesseperez7253]

The best explanation on this. Let the man finish his full point/expansión then ask questions, he has very valuable information, he needs to finish he's sentences, he was interrupted a few times. Thank You for the video.

[@FlyGuy2000]

The guy doing the editing also needed to keep the camera pointed at the guy with the plane when he was demonstrating the difference between the slip and the skid.

[@JamieHigdon]

this DPE just gave the best explanation of a Slip and Skid i've ever heard! we need him doing more videos!

[@TakingOff]

Joe's got a new channel, check it out! www.youtube.com/@caseyaviation

[@JamieHigdon]

@@TakingOff Awesome thanks! I have CSEL and working on my CFI and this was the best! thanks for doing such great content on your channel!

[@debbiegailstuart1282]

Wow! Joe Casey is an amazing instructor. He explains things in such a light bulb way. Thank you so much.

[@MerlinspopTBH]

Best explanation of slips vs skids I’ve seen. Thanks! I learned tonight, and that’s a good thing!

[@andymcwilliams2141]

Ditto, Great Job. Probably saved some lives here.

[@flyer16612]

I’ve had my PPL for 1.5 years now and that’s the first I’m hearing anything about a “skid”. That’s scary! The learning never ends. Great video. Thank you.

[@richardweil8813]

It is scary that you didn't get instruction in this. This is why it is so important to not skid in the pattern. Slips are fine for crosswind or losing altitude fast, but a skid on that base to final turn...no altitude for recovery.

[@starjetpilot]

a skid would require way too much rudder. If you give the correct amount of rudder, or close to it, it only results in a turn. You would have to purposely do a skid for some reason. I can't think of a reason.

[@thomaswayneward]

@Jim M Baloney, there are a lot of sloppy instructors out there. My first instructor almost killed us on a landing. Second one was bad. My third instructor was an FAA check pilot and he was great, I then started really learning.

[@kennethforeman3402]

Low and slow base to final turn, trying to push the nose around with the rudder because you are late to the turn, no or little bank = disaster.

[@lorendjones]

That's truly scary....and very disappointing. I hope your instructor watches this.

[@TheGoose88]

10:20 when you turn to the left, it is the right aileron that goes down, not the left. So the right wing would have the higher AoA.

[@renemedinajr4218]

👆 that's what I was thinking about

[@ezonaable]

he said it with all that confidence I was confused for a moment.

[@cadenmcbride3994]

I was looking for this comment 😂

[@MaximumGtr]

Haven’t taken my first lesson yet but I think this video has already saved my life. Cheers guys!

[@mikeSierraisking]

That is by far the best demonstration I've seen. I'm headed to the dollar store tomorrow morning.

[@AmbrosioGar]

I am on my way to finish my ATPL theory and as you can imagine I have watched thousands of videos on KZbin... And I can say that this one is by far the clearest, most explicative video I have found. Thank you very much, I will be seeing you much more often from now on

[@SGTSnakeUSMC]

Slips are a great tool, especially for short fields with approach obstacles. I've done them with 40 flaps and full rudder deflection in a 182. A friend said that full flap slips are prohibited; however, I showed him in the POH that "not recommended" does not mean "prohibited". You just need to watch speed as getting too slow in this condition can disrupt airflow enough to stall the elevator.

[@RickySwan]

Excellent. Using the model to demonstrate the influence of the nose on airflow was a lightbulb moment for me. Excellent instructor.

[@AnatolianPilot]

you guys need to edit or silence the DPE at 10.30 at the point where he says the left aileron goes down when you bank to to left. that is not correct but the problem is alot of beginner or students watching this. that will be very confusing to them and misleading.

[@genekretkowski6]

Every pilot should / needs to watch this.

[@johnjohnson5861]

Great interview/discussion. It's always a pleasure listening to what Joe has to say. I'm not a pilot, but I love aviation and learning. Thank you both!

[@rinzler9775]

I searched you tube for videos by stunt pilots flying Pitt Specials or Extras in regards to spins, and boy did I learn a lot about spins that I didn't know before, and was never taught in flight school. This video reinforced those concepts, especially PARE.

[@HomeAdventures]

This was eye opening, light bulb moment. As a PPL I have struggled to understand how the spin/stall at base to final happens so often and this explanation really helped me to understand how to avoid it. Every pilot needs to see this explanation.

[@kevinlou]

Student pilot here. Finally understood the difference - thank you. A lot of explanations only explained the ball movement, but I never grasped what was happening outside the plane visually. This was super helpful.

[@JohnSmith-zi9or]

ATPL and retired military, instructor and LCA on two heavy types ... this was extremely informative. Every pilot should be taught slips/skids in this way.

[@BigJakeMostDope]

I did my CMEL with Joe, he explained this exact lesson with me on that checkride. He’s great!

[@roughneckwolf]

I'm an ultralight pilot up here in Canada. My Bushmaster had an engine out at 3200' asl, 800' AGL and I used a huge slip to get right down to the farmer's field I was flying over, do a precautionary inspection (while slipping) and then turn into the wind. The cross-control of a slip is safe and very useful. Putting the low wing into the wind, slipping down and then controls to neutral with that wing still down allowed me to turn back into the wind and touch down safely.

[@jamesberkovatz6576]

I'm preparing for my PPL checkride next week and I have never truly understood slips and skids. This was amazing.....not just for my checkride, but this lesson will stick with me forever.

[@Jordan-qq9mg]

Seemed like Joe was speaking directly to me at 12:53. Getting my tail wheel endorsement currently and had this exact situation on my turn to base today. Moderate tailwind, added left rudder right aileron and skidded onto final. It wasn’t a very hard skid but definitely something that I don’t want to happen again.

[@challenger2ultralightadventure]

I'm an old pilot who is retaking my license after 30 years. This was a great refresher in slips and skids. When I was a younger lad, we covered and practiced side slips on approach, as well as climbing to high altitude and putting the airplane into a spin, with recovery. I don't recall seeing anywhere on my new course that it covers any of those any more. I'll have to ask my instructor.

[@TakingOff]

Now we don’t practice spin recovery until CFI initial.

[@Werevertumoto]

3:34 that is where the actual explanation starts

[@Hedgeflexlfz]

TY

[@billpennock8585]

I am going back to gliding at 69 years old after soloing on my 14th birthday and doing 100 hours before my 16th then falling away. I am so excited but i also know I don’t have teenage reflexes or fast thinking.Damn the bad luck. But i do know I don’t have teenage judgement, thank God. So. I am watching every video i can find and i loved this one. I’m not sure it was clear that a standard turn required the same control application as a skid, just a more balanced application. The scenario of turning base or final and not getting enough turn so applying more rudder to decrease the radius without bank was great. When i was a kid, if i needed more bank to make it, balancing the sink that would produce of course, didn’t scare me. I’m older now so i might be more cautious resulting in a more dangerous situation. After your video i will remember that using rudder to point in a turn without bank is oversteer (i raced amateur SCCA in the interim). And thats bad. I love spins at altitude. I love slip to landing. I love keeping altitude in my pocket till i don’t need it. I hate being too low in a glider. Thanks.

[@TakingOff]

That is so awesome! Let us know how it goes!

[@veanwhitcher7867]

This instructor is wonderfully clear, a natural teacher!!! A thousand thumbs up, this is a save!!!!

[@yuriys3164]

One of the best explanations I have heard, thank you for the visual and the “why”. I sent this over to my CFI!

[@steven2145]

Every GA pilot should watch this every couple of months!

[@CarlosMartinez-tr1kx]

This guy is amazing!! Loved how he explained with the 2 dollar visual aid

[@eyezrus]

Great explanation. Glider pilots use slips all the time. Two rules I live by in the pattern. 1) Never bank over 45 degrees (30 is safer). 2) Never push on the downhill rudder.

[@TakingOff]

Love that “never push on downhill rudder.” Will be using that now.

[@jssmallcal3165]

No downhill rudder=uncoordinated turn. Too much downhill rudder=skid.

[@michaelrunnels7660]

Bank at any angle is not inherently dangerous. Why do people think it is? I watch aircraft all day long bank 90 degrees in the traffic pattern (military fighters). In the 40 years I've been watching them I've never ever seen any kind of problem, even with student pilots on their first fighter solo. Why does a 60 degree angle of bank in the pattern scare the beggeezes out of civilian pilots? Is it because most civilian pilots fly uncoordinated turns because they never learned to turn properly? Or is it because it scares the hell out of your instructor and he makes sure his fear is passed on to you? I've watched dozens of aerobatic pilots stall and spin at pattern altitude, then pull out level 400 feet lower than they started. I've spun production aircraft many times and recovered in less that 400 feet. I've watched crop dusters bank 80 degree 150 feet above the ground all day long. Why does flying scare so many civilian pilots? I think it's because a modern private pilot was never taught how to fly the airplane correctly. I don't blame them, though. Usually their instructors didn't know how to fly the airplane correctly. How can they teach something they don't know?

[@Ryndae-l]

@@michaelrunnels7660 indeed, the correct way to fly a flight school cessna is to do so like you would a modern fly by wire delta wing fighter jet.

[@2Greenlid]

@@michaelrunnels7660 Maybe the power the fighter has makes a difference over a Cessna? Guess you aren’t a pilot……..

[@Jeff034]

Just now becoming confident with slips. This explanation is gold.

[@anthonysamaha5688]

This is one of those one in a million videos. I have it saved and watch it every few months because it’s that good.

[@StephensonRaceTech]

Very good explanation! Great to have out there to keep us safe.

[@willhead9958]

Hoping to get a check ride for PPL in a month. Best visual I have received. Have came in high on my solo cross country and was afraid I was doing a skid and not a slip. This lesson will stick with me forever and will continue to rewatch it to keep it fresh

[@Notaslave1961]

GREAT discussion! Well explained by Joe!

[@allenjones3384]

Very well done. I especially liked the visual aid.

[@flyingwithreni]

This video is AMAZING! I will watch and rewatch many many times! I will watch all videos from Joe Casey that I can find. Thanks a million.

[@labockj]

Excellent explanation. Thanks!

[@wendyvic4046]

Good video, good explanation, good refresher. Thanks.

[@Alex-QT]

This is great. I really appreciate you posting this and going over it.

[@user-xt6eu3gd7u]

I know this is years late, but I learned something really valuable here, and more importantly, I learned how I can teach it to my future students to keep them same. Thank you so much, I've never heard a more clear explanation of slips vs skids and how to apply it to flying more safely.

[@DanielTPeace]

Thank you so much as this really illustrates the differences and the significance of those differences.

[@kiltedpiper98]

Great explanation. I learned a bunch in this video, thank you.

[@ruslanulko8195]

Extremely useful video!Thank YOU!

[@andrewrose8141]

Thanks for this really clear explanation.

[@GalenCop9]

Excellent video and explanation of slipping, skidding and the difference between - thank you for creating and posting this!!

[@rceric1]

Great video. The best explanation of skids and slips I’ve heard!

[@d.wayneotto1094]

Awesome visual demonstrations accompanied by verbal descriptions. Best I've seen and heard on this subject!

[@larrybell5144]

Excellent explanation and illustration of this situation.

[@elpidiomanuelalvarenga4223]

Super clear. Interviewer asking the right questions. Excellent!

[@johnnyburks1917]

Great video!!! Thanks for sharing!

[@photon1972]

Hugely helpful. Thanks!!!

[@locustvalleystring]

Excellent discussion. Thanks.

[@UKI1]

I've only seen about a minute of this video, but the instructor's explanation of why and how is truly remarkable. The way he paces himself while speaking allows us to visualise everything, especially when he rotates the aircraft model, thank you. Oh yes and I did subscribe.

[@boogerwood]

Fantastic explanation! Thanks!

[@donjennings2975]

Very good explanation. I definitely learned something. Thank you !!!

[@00492663968482]

thank you so much for this awesome explanation!

[@tomcook2311]

Excellent video. Thanks.

[@Lithiumbattery]

This is a rare find. Best explanation of skid vs slip, coordinated turn, and spin. I have to say it - slip is ok, skid is not.

[@paddletrucker]

That was the best explanation I’ve ever heard or that I’ve seen. I haven’t ever properly understood those concepts. Thank you!!

[@PatrickMichalina]

Excellent! Great teacher. Thanks

[@dustincunningham1333]

Thanks for the awesome explanation!

[@luismbrea6662]

Very clear explanation , thanks!

[@Youngballer739]

great job explaining thanks

[@timhoke2]

This was very helpful. Thank you!

[@MC-jo9kb]

Agreeing with the many others who said this is the best explanation we've heard and seen on this topic! Thank you!

[@anoopmakwana5593]

An awesome explanation. Smoothly got my understanding back on track just the way a SKID does to the aircraft.

[@holdenkoschik3796]

Thank you for all of this free information. It helps A TON as a student

[@justplanefred]

Awesome video! I've been looking for more info on the differences between a Slip and Skid now I know the difference. and learning about Spins is always good to learn about.

[@dgroni7714]

This is the best explanation of this topic. Very good

[@OrrTrigger013]

Awesome, thank you for the clear explanations. Not that I didn’t hear it before, but the detailed explanation combined with questions during that explanation. It certainly Enhanced it.

[@19ij]

Very useful and very visually. Thank you.

[@Cool-Lake]

Great presentation, thank you so much!

[@terrytavelli8254]

Awesome explanation of the difference between a skid and a slip. Using the model makes it very easy to understand.

[@bitcoinforex6963]

Thank you !

[@kimberlywentworth9160]

After watching this video about 5 more times, I think I can now nail my spin training and always know which wing is disadvantage when I am in a skid or slip. I do know that my body sure does not like being in a skid. I am working to be mindful of such an attitude.

[@davidgonzales7840]

Nice. You always have excellent videos. Very professional. Great job

[@benc1103]

Nice explanation of maneuvers that just don't get enough attention during training. I was looking at other videos from other instructors that also provided nice explanations, and I added some clarifications. I'll add those down below. Not to correct anything, because your explanation is perfect. But to add some depth so that anyone interested might gain some additional knowledge concerning the aerodynamics. Many instructors explain that "fuselage blanking the wing" causes that wing to stall". Not true (OK, indirectly slightly true). Exceeding stall AOA is what causes the wing to stall, and blanking doesn't change the AOA. What actually happens in a SLIP is that the high wing usually has down aileron (to hold that bank angle due to yaw and, yes, "blanking". But mostly yaw-roll coupling). The down aileron changes the local chord line so that area of the wing now has a higher decalage angle (difference between chord line and longitudinal axis of the fuselage) and thus, a higher AOA. And the low wing has up aileron and a lower AOA. Opposite with a SKID: low wing is usually kept from over banking (due mostly to yaw-roll coupling, and a little blanking) with down aileron, so the low wing stalls, and the plane rolls upside down. Stalling in the pattern is bad, period. A slip is a bit more forgiving because the high wing stalls first and the plane rolls towards wing level, giving you a little more time to correct the situation. It also reduces the load factor and as a result, AOA. Stalling in a skid, everything gets worse real fast. You've seen airshows where the Piper Cub does a "flat turn" keeping the wings level and using full rudder to "skid" around a 360 degree turn? Well, that's about the only use there is for a skid, and leave that to the pros. To clarify some of the above aerodynamics: Yaw-roll coupling, or "proverse roll" is a result of the wings dihedral. When you yaw the plane and cause the relative wind to shift from on the nose to one side or the other, the forward wing sees a higher AOA and the trailing wing sees a lower AOA, thus the plane will tend to roll in the same direction of the rudder input (proverse). If you had anhedral (wings angled down, opposite of dihedral), it would roll opposite the rudder input, or adverse roll. These terms should be somewhat familiar since pilots should be aware of "adverse yaw" caused by differential aileron drag when ailerons are displaced when rolling (that's why airplanes have rudders to correct this, provided the pilots actually use the rudder). Anyone who is still awake, sorry about getting technical. Ben 26,000+ hrs USAF/Major Airline Capt/Aerobatic & Tailwheel Instructor/ CFI/II/MEL/Movie/TV pilot/Sailplane racer/Aero engineering and flight test.

[@davidglosson5322]

Fantastic video! That base to final turn can kill you when you are trying to save the approach. Never go beyond a standard rate turn in the pattern. Don't be afraid to go around.

[@Krzyqbn]

New subscriber and student pilot.... this is probably one of my favorite discussions and definitely helps me understand the slip and skid differences. Love the content you're are putting out.

[@nickm764]

absolutely perfect explanation.

[@gundam7394]

this is the best explanation thank you !

[@timg9448]

Excellent content. I left here with a lot of new knowledge. Thanks.

[@stuartessex4535]

That was really useful! I understand slips but no one has ever explained the slip and the risks so well. Thank you.

[@4-7th_CAV]

I want to express my huge appreciation for DPE Casey mentioning and demonstrating an "Over-the-Top" spin. Many times when I talk about an Over-the-Top spin people have no clue what I am talking about. During my CFI spin training I was taught this maneuver, and whenever I teach spins I ALWAYS include it in the lesson. Honestly, I enjoy Over-the-Top spins much more than the "spin out underneath". Of course, I always add an EXTRA amount of altitude when doing an Over-the-Top spin for safety. For me there is just something more fun doing Over-the-Top spins. :-)

[@RusscanFLY]

Wow! This was the best explanation of slip and a skid.

[@jackhenderson9798]

Super informative video … thank you very much

[@mrplopper5272]

I agree with most of the comments. Best explanation of Slips vs Skids I have seen, and it helped me tons.

[@JETZcorp]

I never thought of it this way. Very very nice, and important!

[@naalhevia]

The best explanation of a slip skid I ever heard. Thank you.

[@jamesmagnum]

I've never understood the dynamics and differences behind slips and skids and the nature of the spins this well before watching this. This guy is an eloquent instructor. Thank you.

[@bruhhhhh718]

awesome explanation of why the stall occurs. this guy is a great teacher

[@monocogenit1]

Thanks for the video.

[@timbotch]

This was the best explanation I've seen. Also a necessary, but frightening, reminder about the result of a traffic pattern stall spin.

[@revlengel]

Great video and explanation.

[@drvaleriejuliebrousseau9607]

Excellent video - conversation - explanation. Thank you so so much!