kage wrote:


On any standard light aircraft wing, all best climbs (rate of climb Vy, and
angle of climb Vx) are achieved with a clean wing. Adding flaps causes the
climb angle and rate to decrease.

Not on my 182. The manual says, and I quote...

Using 20 degree wing flaps reduces the ground run and total distance
over the obstacle by approx 20 percent.

And while I certainly don't have accurate instrumentation in the plane
my seat of the pants obsevation tells me that if I have to clear an
obstacle I want 20 flaps. I get off a lot shorter and climb to a given
altitude in a lot less real estate.