Landing a Tempest

Slip direction really doesn't matter for the most part. There are some considerations, but none are rules by any means.1)Some people just like slipping one way best, and that's what they do.2)If turning left onto final and transitioning to a slip, it's easier to stay in a left wing low condition - if turning right onto final, it's easier to stay right wing low.3) If there is a crosswind, it's generally easier to bank into the wind - not to mention that you will need to do this anyway when touching down to properly account for the crosswind.4) in the real world, I may not want to put the belly towards an active parallel runway since I can't see what's going on over there then - and if the other guy overshoots his final, I want to know about it. This could apply also to combat - if the fight is to your right, you might want to slip right wing low etc. so that you can keep eyes out for an intercept from the probable direction.So those are just some of the things a pilot might think about - but once established on final it really is just pilot preference, with the aerodynamics of one vs. the other being of minimal consideration.S!TX-EcoDragonBlack 1TX-Squadron XO