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Old 31st Oct 2010, 15:36
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HazelNuts39
 
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Originally Posted by captainpaddy
General question: Under what circumstances would you use Flap 3 for landing as opposed to Flap FULL? And why?? Obviously this question would apply to any aircraft where you have a choice of landing flap settings.
I'm slightly puzzled by the fact that none of the responses mentions the reason for having a choice of landing flap settings in the first place. Is it off-topic or is it because the FCOM doesn't mention the Performance Limitations listed in the Airplane Flight Manual?

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