Landing with less than full flaps is CERTAINLY not "Beating up the
airplane." Where do you come up with such rubbish.

My Cessna's POH specifically states:

FLAP LIMITATIONS:

Approved Landing Range. 0--40
Not being able to select the proper flap for landing conditions is a serious
training flaw. Full flap all the time is ridiculous.

Karl


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"kontiki" wrote in message
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Get a real A&P to check out the flap situation. If its
not the breaker it could be the flap motor (one of the
reasons I do like manual flaps).

As far as why you didn't notice that your flaps were
not working... well... that is disturbing. I notice
*every* little sound, motion, vibration or whatever in
my airplane.

I hardly ever land with full flaps unless its a short
field.

Why are you beating up the plane?

I was taught and used to teach that any landing without full flaps was an
'emergency' landing. The airplane has a landing configuration and the
performance in the book is based on that configuration...

It is good to practice emergency landings every so often.