I regularly fly from a short strip in the Philippines. Here I often find myself contemplating the flaps/no flaps decision for departure. The POH suggests flap 10 for a short field departure for my 152. What POH doesnt take into account are the multitude of other factors. I usually default to flaps 10 but find the AC climbout performance degraded (esp when heavy) on climbout.
http://www.tc.gc.ca/civilaviation/sy...5/2-00/182.htm
All I can do is learn from incidents like this one and ensure I don't make the same mistakes.
