Thread: Full flap ILS
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Old October 15th 06, 11:44 PM posted to rec.aviation.ifr
Jim Macklin
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Default Full flap ILS

And the permissible G loads are lower, maybe only 2 instead
of 3.8.



"Ron Natalie" wrote in message
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| wrote:
| =
| My argument against full flap ILS is that that less
initial climb
| performance would be available during miss approach. I
feel the time
| required to retract full flap to approach flap then to
no flap would
| significantly reduce your climb gradient
|
| The aircraft had to demonstrate during certification a
reasonable
| climb rate either with the flaps down or where they will
be in
| short order if the retract is commanded on the go around.
I can't
| believe it makes much of a difference in the BO, they
don't that
| long to come up after the pilot hits both the gear and
flap switches.
|
| The argument I could give for using less than full flaps
in my plane
| (admittedly not a bonzana), is that she wallows around a
bit in
| gusty conditions with it all hanging out.