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Glossary

What is a skid?

Flight in which the airplane slides toward the outside of a turn, because the rate of turn is too great for the bank being held. The inclinometer ball rests toward the outside. A skidding turn low to the ground is the classic setup for a stall that drops into a spin.

That is the whole entry for now. The longer version, with the mechanics and worked examples, is still to be written. See autorotation for how those read once they exist.

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