On Feb 24, 2:05*pm, es330td wrote:
I read the the complex endorsement involves being instructed in
retractable gear, flaps and constant speed prop. *I'm learning to fly
in a C172, which has flaps, so it seems unusual to me that flaps are
specified in the complex rating given that I have been using them
since day one.

A friend of mine used to have a Swift. Retract, with flaps but fixed
prop. He never needed a complex endorsement and I always thought that
was odd.