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  1. Landing

    Use of Flaps

    April 21, 2022

    Take-off run

    In general, setting a negative flap setting gives you better aileron control at all speeds, for this reason typically we set a stage of negative flap during the initial stage of the take-off run.  Once we have built up sufficient aileron control, we can then shift the flaps to the recommended positive flap setting for the remainder of the launch.

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