I did the same thing with a Wing Mfg P-38 several years ago. Came in for a landing, put the flaps down, plane ballooned, stalled, crashed..... End. Looked at my much more experienced friend that was flying with me and he said, "Didn't check the flaps in the air, did you?" All I could do is laugh because he was right and I knew better. I had a Ki-61 with flaps that I had dialed in really nice. Just forgot to do it on the P-38. Lesson learned. I've had 3 planes since with flaps and I have done the 3 mistake high 'dial in' with them all. Good advice from all above.

Tim