over complicating the problem here may be right. as i recall, in real aircrafts, it made a difference whether the airplane was a low wing or high wing. low wing with flap deployment lowered the nose -- you had to anticipate and correct for that. high wing did the exact opposite. perhaps it's the flaperon combo that is not making me understand the whole conversation here but that is how i know flap operation to be in the real world (not flaperon) and i am sticking to it...........