flaps

Kobra,
I have not flown a C177RG but have often practiced landings with
different flap configurations in my C177B. Being 5'2", it is
impossible for me to see over the cowling when landing with no flaps
in a Cardinal. I have to rely on peripheral vision for such landings.
We had problem with our flaps once but it was the opposite with the
flaps stuck at 10 degrees position. As I recalled, it was a broken
wire inside the plane. The switches in the wings were OK. You can do
a search for flap problem in the Cardinal Flyers Virtual Digest. The
Tech section also have some information on flaps.

Hai Longworth