ORIGINAL: andym817

Honestly you don't need the outer flaps at all. This plane flies very smooth and lands very easy. It has a pretty thick airfoil and a lot of drag so she slows down pretty fast. I have used the center flap to land and it does help some but it makes the plane have even more drag and it seems to get a little mushy on the controls when it get that slow. My first one was 16.7 lbs dry! So much for the 13-14lbs in the manual. Hopefully I'll be able to get this one down around 15.7-16 lbs. I am using an Evolution GT 26 with a custom muffler turning a 16x10 APC 2 blade and have excellent throttle response. The three blade I was running was a little sluggish and made me nervous.

What radio are you going to use? That will make a big difference on setup. Mine is an Airtronics 8ch and I had just enough to get everything working like I wanted it.