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Old 23rd Oct 2007, 18:35
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I find it likes to take off with half flap, which I usually retract as the speed comes up very shortly after take-off. It seems to fly much more easily than with a no flap take-off.

For a short field take off, I start with half flap, full power against the brakes, full stick back, let go the brakes, count 1,2,3, then stick fully forward to raise the tail, then very shortly after pull full flap. When you pull full flap it tends to pop off the ground and you're airborne with very little airspeed in ground effect and you can gradually bleed off flap and gain speed and climb away. This is a fairly standard short field technique, but some people start with full flap, I understand. If you pull full flap too early, it will pop off and then sink back to bounce once on the mainwheels, so there is a bit of an art to it.

You should check out www.supercub.org to see what the experts do.
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