Used this method pretty much all the time on either tailwind or very cross winded strips sometimes bringing up the flap in a gentle smooth action whilst about to touch down to put her right on at the start to ensure you had maximum braking area. Also on extremely hot tarmac the C206 was very very easy to flat spot so we were taught as soon as you touched down flaps fully retracted to weight the wheels for braking not skimming the tyres.
I think the earlier post was right about the negatives but like most real world flying as opposed to training often this was a safer than the POH method considering the strips and conditions etc. like most advanced skills its knowing when and how to use them and when not to.
Wet season often meant sliding the entire length of the strip in mud and water using blasts of power from the throttle and rudder to keep her straight as the brakes just made you lock up and push huge furrows in the strip, flaps were always retracted as soon as we touched down to ensure she would not fly again.
I would also like to add this operation was in fixed gear singles.
Last edited by Wildpilot; 4th Jun 2011 at 20:51.