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To Bobby and others, Dan wrote:
<< ........... "going into reflex" means running your flaps up about 7
degrees above the faired position and conversely, "going out of reflex"
means running them back down to neutral once you slow down to prepare for
landing or other slow-speed manuever.
 .......>>
To avoid any confusion:
In a Lancair 320/360, the 7 degree up "reflex" position is the "faired in" position for cruise flight.
I believe the 235 "faired in" position is "neutral" and the flap is reflexed up out of the "faired in" position during cruise.  Perhaps a 235 pilot could clarify this.
I regularly use movement to the "neutral" flap position on my 320 to knock 10-15 knots off a throttle reduction and bring the nose back down when below 130 or so knots.  This is done knowing I have the beefier 5/16ths push rods to eliminate their being bent, and a healthy concern for the twisting-moment applied to the flap itself since the push rod is applying force to only the inboard end of a very long flap.(Note: Luckily, I built my flaps with the then approved Safety-Poxy.)
Scott Krueger
N92EX

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