As we are all probably familiar with the ATC requirement to maintain “160 to 4NM” could I ask the question as to how you manage this request in terms of aircraft configuration.
Option 1 being fully configured with gear down and flaps full extended and manage the speed at around 4.5 NM or option 2 which is remain gear up flap 2 and then manage speed at 5 NM and then gear down and the remaining flap.
I would be interested as an instructor to hear your opinions and as I do not have access to the sim for a few days and would not be able to experiment with the two techniques.