ORIGINAL: CGRetired
I had a Goldberg Wild Stick 40 a few years back. I flew it so much I think I wore it out. Anyway, it had flaps. I would have fun with it by climbing high (as we say, three mistakes high -
) and deploying the flaps and pulling full up elevator at the same time. The plane would do a loop in just about it's own length. Fun to watch. I never used them while landing.. that plane never needed them. It would float in and land with almost no airspeed.. ok..ok.. it had some airspeed..
CGr.
Weee! Ihad a Hot Stik - similar but low wing. What a hoot. Imisjudged a tree on a cold, winter ski fly and the covering ruptured like a popped balloon. In my "to do" pile to recover.
At an earlier flight Ihad mine set for CROW and on trying to switch to low rates I hit the CROWswich instead. Did a 90° nose down. Ipulled out at 2" elevation and saved the model but lost the gear.
Flaps add lift but also a LOTof drag. If you are near stall and engage flaps you stall the wing before you gain the lift. Best bet is to practice high up and see how your plane reacts. Some nose up, some nose down. On the downwind leg slow down, get your height in the turn to upwind and then add flaps andset-up. If you add flaps on the downwind leg it's a double strike of tail-wind andadded drag. And some models need to be flown in even with flaps. Yours looks like a fairly sleek and hot design that likely needs a head of steam when landing.