ORIGINAL: hogflyer
The PTS also lands a lot faster, and the slower a plane flies in the pattern and on final the easier it is to learn how to land.
Actually that is not true.
We flew a PTS P-51 with the wing droops/brakes/flaps side by side with a Nexstar, and brought both to the slowest speed possible in flight to compare their decent and approach rates.
There was no difference when the droops were on and the flaps down. e.g. in training mode it behaves the same.