Originally posted by Hanger Rat
When ch 5 is used for flaps and it is a one shot deal how much flap travel should be put in? I would guess at about 30%. Is this about right?
It depends on what you want to do. Flaps on take-off should be should be lower around 15-20%, flaps on landing around 25-40%. On low amounts the flaps create more lift than drag, on high amounts the opposite is true.