I am a first time poster here and a wanna-RV7-be Last Saturday I had an opportunity to be a passenger in a RV7 and I was so impressed, that shortly after I bought a second hand empennage kit on ebay
However, my question relates to flying praxis - my fellow pilot said that forward slip in a -7 with full flaps would overstress the flap(s) and should not be practised. Is that true?
I fly at a 1500' farm strip which abuts a forest at one end and has additional slope on the other. I need to perform a forward slip with full rudder deflection with such a light and slow aircraft as Kitfox to come down here from that direction...
However, my question relates to flying praxis - my fellow pilot said that forward slip in a -7 with full flaps would overstress the flap(s) and should not be practised. Is that true?
I fly at a 1500' farm strip which abuts a forest at one end and has additional slope on the other. I need to perform a forward slip with full rudder deflection with such a light and slow aircraft as Kitfox to come down here from that direction...