sideslip

plural sideslips · alternative side-slip

1. aeronauticsA flight manoeuvre that uses opposing rudder and aileron inputs to move the aircraft sideways without turning it.
   1. aeronauticsA flight maneuver to rapidly lose speed and/or altitude whilst not altering the aircraft's ground track.
2. aeronauticsA flight condition where an aircraft's longitudinal axis is not aligned with its direction of motion relative to the surrounding air.
3. broadlyuncountableaeronauticsThe angle between an aircraft's longitudinal axis and its direction of motion relative to the surrounding air.

present singular third person sideslips · participle present sideslipping · participle past sideslipped · past sideslipped · alternative side-slip

1. aeronauticsTo perform, or place an aircraft in, a sideslip.