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Old 3rd February 2005 | 04:06
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john_tullamarine
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.. one caveat ... higher flap may be better for close-in obstacles, but generally is dreadful for, say, 4th segment problems... you get airborne sooner but the overall gradient is worse. All a case of horses for courses and optimising the flap for the particular runway and ambients.
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