Good question.

 

It really depends on how low. If it is low to the point where I am not going to make it to low key, I am going to land straight ahead somewhere. If it is my home field I am putting on the train tracks which run parallel to the runway and right next to it, KWHP while praying for no train. It is very much a part of my process to work the trim and flaps at the same time after I put the gear down. I image in this situation I will not be putting the gear down, I have always planned on belly up for this scenario. The sudden loss of power is going to demand a pitch change so I am sure I will be doing that instinctively. Will I be running the flaps down at the same time, who knows. Perhaps if I remember to. It is likely because that is what I always do when I get ready to land, run the flaps and trim at the same time while looking out the left window at my flap position. I also make trim changes in flight all the time like when I level off. I am not running the flaps then so who knows. I might forget and end up landing fast. With the heart pumping and the stress it is hard to say for certain what would happen. I do know this, there is a certain small chance that I wouldn't have time to or would forget to put the flaps down for landing in this situation. I also know that there is a certain small chance that I take off and departure gives me some instruction that requires me to look at my map, I am stillchoosing the I don't want departure to distract me and cause me to fixate at the wrong time causing my plane to be pointed nose up at 1000 agl because they distracted me while I was cleaning my flaps up. Ohh, I have been distracted this way in the past while taking off. It is hard to always ignore the controllers. They tend to switch things on you right when you check in with them sometimes requiring you to write things down.

 

Matt

 

From: Bill Hannahan <wfhannahan@yahoo.com>
To: lml@lancaironline.net
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2013 3:32 AM
Subject: [LML] Flaps on take-off?

Matt, I agree with the others that w's insults are inexcusable, but I must ask a question.

What do you do if your low over the departure end of the runway and the engine quits?

1.  Land at high speed flaps up.

2.   Lower the flaps and deal with the big trim and pitch change while making all the other decisions and actions required in parallel.

3.   ?

 

Regards,

Bill Hannahan

wfhannahan@yahoo.com

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From: "marv@lancair.net" <marv@lancair.net>
To: lml <lml>
Sent: Monday, August 12, 2013 4:02 PM
Subject: [LML] Re: Flaps on take-off?

Posted for Matt losangeles <mattinlosangeles@yahoo.com>:

> I feel much safer adding 5 knots or so on the ground before I lift off so I
>don't have to mess with trim when I am low to the ground. I could see a
>scenario where I take off IFR and I am immediately handed off to departure
>control while I am putting the flaps up. They tell me to do something the
>requires me to look at my map and the next thing you know, while distracted,
> I am at an unusual attitude really close to the ground. When I am down low
>like that I want to make sure if I am distracted it isn't a problem, the
>plane just keeps on climbing along at Vy or so.
>  
> I also would guess if you use flaps on take off, this adds drag and slows
>your rate of climb (I have not tested this). I am able to be at Vy a couple
>seconds after take off and I am going to get to a safer altitude before the
>guy using flaps (again, this is my guess since I have not tested the two
>scenarios).
>  
> Another thing. It is an experimental aircraft. As it states on the
>EAA, "There is  no FAA approved flight manual or POH for experimental
>aircraft, nor is there a  TC". 
>  
> Ohh, what about those reno racer Legacy aircraft that have just bonded thier
>flaps in place so they can't go down in order to eliminate the drag of the
>hindges. I guess they are not flying those aircraft the way they were meant
>to be flown. You could argue they are reno racers I suppose. It is also
>likely they are using those planes the other 51 weeks out of the year to fly
>all over the place and those planes don't seem to be crashing on takeoff.
>  
> "I believe everyone would agree that flaps do add a margin of safety"
>  I personally consider myself part of everyone and I don't agree that flaps
>do in fact add a margin of safety on take off. I use them on landing so I can
>see out the window and out of habit I suppose. If the speed you land at makes
>such a difference, then the best thing to be doing is flying a plane that
>lands at a slower speed.
>  
> Perhaps if we were all 100 hour pilots, blindly following the POH makes
>sense. It is funny, I remember having this EXACT same argument on a Mooney
>board. I used to take off without flaps when I had a Mooney and I heard the
>same thing there. Follow the POH explicitly or you are completely reckless
>and should have your license taken away. At least those Mooney guys had a
>point. That was a certified aircraft with a POH that said to take off with
>flaps.
>  
> Something else to consider, if flaps are so critical to flight on our
>planes, why on earth don't they have a back up system to ensure they always
>go down when needed like our landing gear has? My guess is because the plane
>will fly just fine without them.
>  
> Matt
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Art Jensen <flycassutts@yahoo.com>
> To: lml@lancaironline.net
> Sent: Monday, August 12, 2013 1:46 PM
> Subject: [LML] Re: To Marv
>  
> Maybe Wolfgang was short on political correctness, but the truth remains
>that if you cannot or do not fly the plane as it was meant to be flown then
>you should not be flying that plane.
>
> I believe everyone would agree that flaps do add a margin of safety and
>should be used for take-off and landing as per your POH and I believe every
>instructor giving training in a Lancair would agree.  If an instructor
>reading this disagrees, please share why you disagree with me.
>
> Art
>
> Sent from Yahoo! Mail for iPad  
>
>
> ________________________________
> From:  steve <n5276j@aol.com>;  To:  <lml@lancaironline.net>;  Subject:
> [LML] Re: To Marv  Sent:  Mon, Aug 12, 2013 5:39:28 PM    
> I second your post. I am surprised by the comment.
>
> steve alderman   N25SA  360
>
> .
> -----Original Message----- From: Claudette Colwell <colwell.ch@gmail.com>
>To: lml <lml@lancaironline.net> Sent: Mon, Aug 12, 2013 5:43 am Subject:
>[LML] To Marv  
> It is very regretful the comment from Wolfgang apparently directed to Matt
>appeared on the LML.  This has always been a constructive exchange of
>information and ideas.  That type of personal comment is not in keeping with
>the spirit of cooperative sharing of information.
>  
> Claudette  

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