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Old 4th Aug 2005, 06:23
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dude65
 
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A short field go around I can understand, but a short field touch & go seems like a pretty pointless exercise.

I would have thought the idea was to bring the aircraft to a full stop in the shortest distance and then backtrack and do a short field take off. I can't really see the problem flap wise,especially with a fixed undercarriage machine. Nothing near the flap selector to confuse you. Perhaps in a retractable you would need to be pretty careful what switch you were moving but in a fixed U/C model there's only one switch to choose from.

[QUOTE]Now I've had one expereince with a Cessna flap switch that almost got the pair of us doing this manoeuvre

Sounds like the mistake everyone makes only once- "55kts, starting to climb out-flaps up" Whoops!
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