a few more newbie's pre-purchase questions

As a pilot with ~100 hours, I really dont find the flaps that big of a
nusance, but the performance increase seems to offset the complexity.

Just think of them as a giant trim tab, forward to go fast, back to go
slow...


"Doug Hoffman" wrote in message
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Ted Wagner wrote:

Flaps or no? (I'll be flying mostly in Arizona, more x-country than
local.)

Flaps pro: lower stall speed during landing, some performance increase
Flaps con: additional cockpit controls complexity and pilot workload


-Doug

Jason Payne wrote:

As a pilot with ~100 hours, I really dont find the flaps that big of a
nusance, but the performance increase seems to offset the complexity.

Just think of them as a giant trim tab, forward to go fast, back to go
slow...

No argument here, Jason. I started with flaps after only 20 hours of flying
*anything*. And my ship has no spoilers. Just 90 degree flaps for landing.
I don't find the increase in workload to be an issue. Btw, I've *never* had
my spoilers accidentally pop open or fail to connect upon assembly. ;-)

-Doug


"Doug Hoffman" wrote in message
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Ted Wagner wrote:

Flaps or no? (I'll be flying mostly in Arizona, more x-country than
local.)

Flaps pro: lower stall speed during landing, some performance increase
Flaps con: additional cockpit controls complexity and pilot workload


-Doug