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Postby JimPhelps » Sun Sep 12, 2010 8:38 pm

Something I haven't understood yet is when you guys refer to slewing. I think I am familiar with what slewing is in principal. Isn't slewing those S-turns that the space shuttle uses to kill velocity in order to come around to land on the runway? Now if I'm right about that, what is so bad/wrong about people doing it? I want to ask because I did see a few posts in the multiplayer forum talking about people slewing should be shot or something in that vein. Can someone explain this to me please?
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Re: Time for another stupid question

Postby SeanTK » Sun Sep 12, 2010 9:47 pm

Slewing is purely something found in the realm of virtual flight, and has no application or similar concept in the real world. It's basically a fast, repositioning shortcut that some people will use rather than going through the menu process.

Press "Y" on your keyboard, and use the "A,S,D, Q, and Z keys (among others)" to reposition your plane in an environment, without taking the time to actually "fly" there.



One last thing.......

People must enjoy hearing this or something: "There is no such thing as a stupid question!" This is especially true of a technical topic such as aviation.
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Re: Time for another stupid question

Postby JimPhelps » Mon Sep 13, 2010 1:50 am

Ok, I just had to ask because I had that message pop up in the chat box when I landed at one of the airports on the hoplist. Basically I had landed and then changed planes from a DC3 to a Beechcraft Baron when it popped up that I either slew or jumped to the airport instead of flying...which I did, (fly that is). Eventually it registered the landing but it just confused me after hearing the scorn directed at those who dared to do it. But I feel better now that I know what it is.
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Re: Time for another stupid question

Postby beaky » Tue Sep 14, 2010 5:52 am

Slewing is purely something found in the realm of virtual flight, and has no application or similar concept in the real world.


Not true... "slew" is a rarely-used verb used to describe swerving. Hence the space shuttle S-turn reference. The flight-sim term derives from the use of this term in the real world.  ;)

But you're right about the rest of it.    ;D
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Re: Time for another stupid question

Postby olderndirt » Tue Sep 14, 2010 9:35 am

Well Jim Phelps I, for one, am glad you asked.  There's a lot of keyboading I don't know - if my joystick quit, it'd be back to gardening  :).
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Re: Time for another stupid question

Postby Steve M » Tue Sep 14, 2010 6:50 pm

I've never used it, Because I thought it was a swampy place! Dictionary has a slew of definitions..

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/slew
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Re: Time for another stupid question

Postby olderndirt » Tue Sep 14, 2010 7:22 pm

I've never used it, Because I thought it was a swampy place! Dictionary has a slew of definitions..

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/slew
Have you ever visited the 'slew' of despond?  :)
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Re: Time for another stupid question

Postby Steve M » Tue Sep 14, 2010 7:38 pm

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Re: Time for another stupid question

Postby DenisH » Tue Nov 30, 2010 12:07 pm

Just an aside, but "slew" is also a word popular in biblical films of the 40's and 50's as in: "We slew the Saracens."    
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Re: Time for another stupid question

Postby DenisH » Tue Nov 30, 2010 12:09 pm

OLD:  Hi. I have seen the slough of despond, but never the slew. I guess it depends on which headshrinker you're talking to.
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Re: Time for another stupid question

Postby olderndirt » Tue Nov 30, 2010 8:51 pm

[quote]OLD:
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Re: Time for another stupid question

Postby DenisH » Wed Dec 01, 2010 12:00 am

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Re: Time for another stupid question

Postby patchz » Tue Dec 07, 2010 10:24 pm

I've never used it, Because I thought it was a swampy place! Dictionary has a slew of definitions..

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/slew
Have you ever visited the 'slew' of despond?
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Re: Time for another stupid question

Postby Steve M » Wed Dec 08, 2010 6:49 pm

I've never used it, Because I thought it was a swampy place! Dictionary has a slew of definitions..

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/slew
Have you ever visited the 'slew' of despond?
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Re: Time for another stupid question

Postby patchz » Thu Dec 09, 2010 2:39 am

I've never used it, Because I thought it was a swampy place! Dictionary has a slew of definitions..

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/slew
Have you ever visited the 'slew' of despond?
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