flaps
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- April 22, 2026
Ask a group of glider pilots about flap settings, and you’ll get a wide range of answers: numbers, rules of thumb, even “seat-of-the-pants” instincts. All are valid to a certain degree, but the real skill lies not in memorising positions, but in understanding the why and how we move between them.
Think of flaps less as fixed settings and more as a continuous control of wing shape. In slow, rising
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- April 20, 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. When it comes to winch launches, consult