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From: doug@terak.UUCP (Doug Pardee)
Newsgroups: net.aviation
Subject: Re: Flaps and Misc.
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Date: Thu, 21-Feb-85 10:30:10 EST
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Posted: Thu Feb 21 10:30:10 1985
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> I don't like the other alternative of NOT using flaps in either of these two
> planes [Comanche & Mooney]. They eat up a lot of runway.

I wouldn't recommend *not* using flaps, 'cuz those planes will indeed
use up plenty of runway even with flaps.  I would suggest maybe 20
degrees or so, since this will lower the stall speed almost all the way
to Vso.  Some pilots use full flaps until ready to touch down, then
raise the flaps as the plane settles.  I don't have that kind of nerve.
 
> Doug, what high wing airplanes CAN NOT open their doors with full flaps!

Okay, that was hearsay so I can't name names.  Where I heard that was
from the local FAA Accident Prevention Specialist at one of the local
Aviation Safety Seminars, so I presumed it to be reliable poop.  Maybe
someone on the net can confirm or deny it?
-- 
Doug Pardee -- Terak Corp. -- !{hao,ihnp4,decvax}!noao!terak!doug