Stuck Flaps

[tgrayson]

Is that better?

Much, thank you.

80 degrees is very cold.

 

[ppragman]

Much, thank you.

80 degrees is very cold.

You are in memphis. Eughhhhh, hyuuuumiiiidddd

 

[averyrm]

Why would you assume that? If I had power available, I would be using it, rather than accept a descent. Cessna eliminated the 40 degree setting for a reason.

Didn't they get rid of the 40 degree setting to keep the airflow from buffeting the horizontal stab?

 

[tgrayson]

Didn't they get rid of the 40 degree setting to keep the airflow from buffeting the horizontal stab?

I'm pretty sure it was go-around issues; the buffeting isn't a big deal. In fact, the C172R still buffets.

 

[Fly_Unity]

Oh sure, technicalities, but seriously, I've flown the hell out of 150s as has everyone else, and the things fly just fine with 40* of flaps, you just have to be careful. Yeah if you're in denver and its 95 out, you might have problems, but then the question arises, "why are you flying a grossly underpowered airplane in colorado in the summer?"

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I do it almost every day as my part time job. Density Altitude at my field is usually over 9000 in the summer. And even on a cold day its hard to hold altitude with 30 degrees, I had a student sink last week over 500 feet with 30 degrees in a 172S 180 horsepower at full power. Now in AK, at sea level, when its cold you have WAY more performance! It feels like you have super turbo charger if you got used to flying in the Rockies at service ceiling density altitudes.

 

[OldTownPilot]

I just tried it today. No the plane will not climb in a "slowflight", but once you push the nose over, get some airspeed, it will climb ~150 fpm. Best rate seemed to be around 54 kias. For this discussion there is a BIG difference between 'slowflight' and 'emergency procedures'

This is in a 150 at 40 flaps 4000 ft DA ~2000 SMOH ~6000 TT

 

[tgrayson]

For this discussion there is a BIG difference between 'slowflight' and 'emergency procedures'

What you can or cannot do in your airplane isn't very material to other airplanes in this country. I often cannot get 150 fpm at Vy with no flaps in some of these airplanes in the middle of the summertime.

Please give us a little credit.

 

[scooter2525]

I had a 182 end up in a right wing split flap condition. During retraction, part of the flap got stuck so it ended up bending part of the flap. The airplane had a slow roll rate but other then that it wasn't difficult to fly. Just be gentle. I was going from 30-20 degrees.

 

[Blackhawk]

I do it almost every day as my part time job. Density Altitude at my field is usually over 9000 in the summer. And even on a cold day its hard to hold altitude with 30 degrees, I had a student sink last week over 500 feet with 30 degrees in a 172S 180 horsepower at full power. Now in AK, at sea level, when its cold you have WAY more performance! It feels like you have super turbo charger if you got used to flying in the Rockies at service ceiling density altitudes.

Same here. In a Cessna 140 or 152 during the summer we have to go thermalling to climb... flaps 0.