On Saturday, December 12, 2015 at 8:15:16 AM UTC-5, Tango Eight wrote:
On Saturday, December 12, 2015 at 7:58:37 AM UTC-5, Martin Gregorie wrote:

In that case its a glider-specific issue. If I simply moved the flaps
from zero to landing, my ASW-20 lost 10-15 kts 'like that', but a
simultaneous shove on the stick made the speed loss go away.

Did the guy that signed of your type transition run you through any of this? He should have...

Inadvertent post. "Signed off", not "of".

Anyhow: with powerful flaps in most any glider or power plane one has to coordinate flap, elevator & trim. Shouldn't have been a surprise.

Evan Ludeman / T8