Flaps on aborted takeoff ?
Heres one for you all...
Scenario...
In a small single engine aircraft (cessna 150/172 etc etc) for some reason you dont get the takeoff performance you require and that hedge at the end is getting far too close....frighteningly so !!...
A friend of mine said he would immediately extend every last bit of flap he has, whilst simultaneously cutting power and braking... his thinking being that once over the "lift" flap settings and into the "drag" flap, more weight would be placed on the wheels therefore ensuring better braking performance and more drag on the aircraft leading to shorter stopping distance..
Personally i'd be afraid that whilst travelling through the first 20° of flap sufficient lift may be produced to get you airbourne leading to all sorts of problems...
What do you guys think of this ? .. any merit to the idea ?
Teroc