I guess "landing assured" was a bad choice of words, should have said short final. I am asking because I wanted know what other pi,it's were doing. The Schempp gliders I had flown do not have nearly as much flap/ drag in landing configuration. I used to fly a Cessna 340 with huge split flaps, and the way to fly that bird was to put on the last bit of flap on short final (landing assured).