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Old 20th May 2010 | 09:49
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Mark1234
 
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As others have said - with flaps, shorter ground run, worse climb performance, without, longer ground run, better climb.

Personally I wouldn't/don't bother using them unless you've got a good reason - i.e. length issues, or a rough field - the liftoff speed diffence is small, and in my experience, very few pilots actually lift the a/c until a bit faster anyway - with flaps your climb speed will be slower, and climb will degrade more per knot over best speed. Your glide will also be more brick like in the event of EFATO.
I'd not automatically use them for higher weights, as climb perfomance is more likely to matter there - it comes down to available ground run, or the need to protect the dangly bits from an unecessary hammering.

One instructor I spoke/checked out with taught a flapped takeoff to "get them used to an after takeoff check/actions" (ab-initio), but didn't have any preference for me to do so.
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