Short, hot & high takeoff prep

[Big Pistons Forever]

Re flap settings for short field takeoff's for the C 172.

For C 172's to C172 N the POH advised that 10 deg flap be used for short fields without obstacles and 0 flap for short field obstacles. For C172 P/R/S the POH says to use 10 deg flap for all short field takeoffs

Like Pilot DAR often says, it is important to read the POH for the aircraft model you are flying not some generic one or Flight School-ism that have no basis in fact but are just mindlessly handed down from instructor to instructor