Schweizer 1-35 and other flapped sailplanes

Do Piks HPs and 1-35 flaps create too much drag to leave out in the
flair?

Shawn

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As a PIK 20B driver:

It's not that they create too much drag, it's that it floats for quite a
long way even if your approach isn't fast, and in that float it is
_VERY_ pitch sensitive. The other problem is that once you are down on
the ground there is very little aeleron control and any brake will put
the aircraft on its nose, so it's much easier to complete the initial
part of the flare and then slowly wind in the flap so that the tail
comes down and it settles onto the ground, winding the flaps all the way
to negative allows use of the wheel brake and gives some aeleron
control.=20

Rgds,

Derrick Steed