Ok. Lots more experience flying the real thing out there than me with 8 lessons! It's been a while too so my memory of what actually happens is a bit vague! [&:]
So.... when flaps are deployed and the plane balloons it pitches up, not just gains altitude at the same pitch. I believe you guys with heaps of flying but why? If the CG is forward of the CL, an increase in lift, given the moment arm should pitch the nose down while gaining altitude. Thus the nose down attitude with flaps extended so I thought. Is there something else happening or is my thinking just plain wrong?