Variations in soft field landings

It's the old "my instructor said..." story instead of reading the book. The
Airplane Flying Handbook says, on page 8-20, "If flaps are used, it is
generally inadvisable to retract them during the after-landing roll because
the need for flap retraction is usually less important than the need for
total concentration on maintaining full control of the airplane."

Gotta wonder (1) why the flaps-up instructor doesn't go by the book, and (2)
why you swallow his story without asking for documentation for his method.

Bob Gardner


"Maxwell" wrote in message
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I was taught to lift the flaps immediately upon touch down on soft field
landings. My instructors stated getting more weight on the brakes as soon
as possible, would facilitate a quicker stop than leaving the flaps down
for drag, and loosing some braking power to the extra lift.

However, during my last BFR, the instructor corrected me very sharply. He
insisted you get more drag from the flaps by leaving them down until you
slowed to taxi speed, than the benefit of more weight on the brakes.

What is the general consensus of the group? Flaps up or down, after
touchdown on a soft field landing?

"Bob Gardner" wrote in message
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It's the old "my instructor said..." story instead of reading the book.
The Airplane Flying Handbook says, on page 8-20, "If flaps are used, it is
generally inadvisable to retract them during the after-landing roll
because the need for flap retraction is usually less important than the
need for total concentration on maintaining full control of the airplane."

Gotta wonder (1) why the flaps-up instructor doesn't go by the book, and
(2) why you swallow his story without asking for documentation for his
method.


Gotta wonder what page Bob, my copy doesn't specify under short field
landings. And a lot of inquiring minds here seem to disagree.