Originally Posted by TotalBeginner
We performed a go-around from the flare due to a rather long float. I thought the climb to 300ft with flap 20 was rather slow.
Been there, done that. C172 has a low stall speed. For example, if you compare it with a C150/C152, 172 is generally
faster than 152 by about 5 kts but its stall speed is about 6 kts
slower than 152's. So, if you don't bleed the excess speed early enough, you will be floating a lot.