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Old 29th Aug 2006, 16:21
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Nubboy
 
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Not flown the F100 in18 months, or the F70 in over 4 years and the memory is going, but..

In the UK we used to regard the F100 as needing 6000 feet (1850m ish) for zero flap. Less than that, flap 15 and rated thrust took care of most things without having to look too closely at detailed performance. Heavy out of somewhere like Malaga in summer, esp. on 32, the figures needed looking at quite carefully for optimum performance.

When we had a larger performance department, we normally had a quick reference flex card for our regular destinations which saved looking up the big book.

Flap full was the normal order of the day for landing, the last increment giving a whole shed load of drag. This if I remeber correctly gave a nose down pitch due to the drag line being very low.

Other flap settings, although allowed were normally saved for the sim (eg flap 25 for single engine landing I think).

Hope this helps.
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