A slip-turn is a maneuver in which an
aircraft turns using only the
rudder. In most aircraft, the presence of a fixed
vertical stabilizer complicates the maneuver. However, in those in which the whole of the vertical stabilizer comprises the rudder, such as the
Fokker Dr.I triplane, the aircraft can be made to effectively skid in the horizontal plane, a technique employed by the
German World War I ace
Josef Jacobs[Franks p218] to great effect, and which
Werner Voss used in his final combat.
Notes
References
* Norman Franks : ''Dog-Fight: Aerial Tactics of the Aces of World War I'' (2003)
Aerial maneuvers
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