Flew the hawk today and had a really great time. It grooves and tracks with ease. Soon discovered that it does not like landing flaps applied during the downwind leg of the landing approach. It rolled over and nearly died. Missed the ground be mere inches!!! It is highly recommended that full flaps not be applied until you are set up for approach with wings level. At that point flaps were added to a point beyond what is recommended with no apparent harm. Procedure for me will be takeoff flaps on the downwind leg, and landing flaps applied once over the runway with level wings. Skymaster also will be sending me the wing fences, which will enable the hawk to slow down about 6 to 8 knots more than it does now. The new procedure and added stall strips will make a great plane even better.

The General