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Old 12-07-2006, 11:31 AM
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Gordon Mc
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ORIGINAL: bevar
On another note, I always slow down my flap deployment/retraction with function 24 to about 10 degrees per second. With out jets, you can induce a stall if the flaps "bang" up or down at full speed. Also, in the off chance you do get an flap asymmetry problem, you can correct it and possibly save the jet if they are deploying "scale" instead of at full speed.

Just a thought.

Beave
While a slowed deployment can help as you indicate, a slowed retraction does exactly the opposite and decreases your chance of survival in an asymmetric condition. It's for that exact reason that I never use flap-slow on any radio that won't allow separate timing for up & down control.

Gordon