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Originally Posted by hulkrogan
So basically using a component of your lift to counteract some of the x-wind?
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Correct, that's a side slip. There is also a forward slip, which is where you drop one wing and use the rudder to point the nose away from the side you lowered the wing, so that the aircraft continues to move along the same forward path, but nose askew, with greatly increased drag (imagine a power drift in a car, more or less), which is used to drop altitude quickly.