Just watched that crash...pretty sad...although there are no figures for flap use on takeoff in the POH that is a change that just 'happened' at some point many years ago...they were removed...probably by Lawyers...as stated by others a little flap does nice things for your ground roll and not a lot to the climb out...vortex generators are pretty clever too.
Just from watching the tape I ponder whether using 10 degrees of flap and getting the wheels up asap might have made a VERY BIG difference...he stagged along for quite a while...had he had a little more lift and less drag???
Comments suggest hot and high may have been a factor too...did he lean for takeoff?
That is also why I pull my wheels up VERY quickly on takeoff at shorter strips...like YRED...I don't want to flip like that if the engine fails just airborne when the nosewheel rips off...I want to slide and slow down relatively slowly rather than near instantly.
Very sad bit of film.
Last edited by Chimbu chuckles; 4th Sep 2007 at 04:48.