ORIGINAL: JohnBuckner
Do not use the flaps on the maiden or even the early flights. The Problem is while yes they allow the airplane to fly slightly slower, they also will cause a much sharper stall departure when it does occur and lolling around at this very slow speed just on top of departure during an approach or worse just flying around very low can be quite fatal.
Generally the fellows will experiance less safe approachs with flaps than without and its quite the opposite than what most folks have been led to beleve.
John
Ok ! No flaps seems to be the suggested beginners approach, definition of flaps is a load bearing rudder, so I would assume that more weight would require flaps as in a passenger jet or large aircraft. Then why spend the time modding the aircraft if there not useful in a model.