In a skidding turn, where will the ball of the inclinometer be located?

In a skidding turn, the ball of the inclinometer will be located on the outside of the turn. This occurs because a skidding turn happens when the aircraft is turning too sharply or at too high of a bank angle for the speed it is maintaining. As a result, the centripetal force acting on the aircraft causes the aircraft to slip towards the outside of the turn.

In this scenario, the inclinometer, which is designed to indicate the balance of load on the aircraft during a turn, will reflect this imbalance by allowing the ball to move outward. The ball is affected by gravity and the forces acting on the aircraft; therefore, when the aircraft is skidding, the ball will roll towards the outer edge of the tube, indicating that the turn is not coordinated. A properly coordinated turn would normally have the ball centered in the tube, making it clear that a skidding condition is associated with the ball being displaced outside.