Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!brl-tgr!ron From: ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie) Newsgroups: net.aviation Subject: Re: When to flap Message-ID: <8847@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Fri, 1-Mar-85 17:45:08 EST Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.8847 Posted: Fri Mar 1 17:45:08 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 4-Mar-85 06:40:27 EST References: <651@decwrl.UUCP>, <3406@alice.UUCP> <729@ihnp4.UUCP> Organization: Ballistic Research Lab Lines: 11 > As for flaps on a touch and go, LOOK AT THE FLAPS COMING UP BEFORE > YOU COMMIT TO YOUR TAKEOFF. I have had flap failures in the Cessna > 177 series, typically caused by a dirty or poorly adjusted micro- > switch in the flap circuit. I have not had the 150/152, 172, or 182 > fail, but it could easily happen. > One of the effects of shoving the throttle in with full flaps on the 152 is wheelbarrowing. The mains come off the ground while the nosewheel is still there. Attempting to steer in this condition is kind of comical. -Ron