C172L flap switch
Anyone has experience with C172L series flap switch? Was flying it the other day, doing some touch & go.
To extend the flaps, the flap switch has to be held down until you see the flaps physically move to the desired position, then the switch is to be released.
The problem comes when you are at flaps 40, doing a touch & go. At touchdown, you have to retract the flaps & apply full power. But I found that I had to hold the flap switch for up to almost 8 seconds for the flaps to retract from 40 to up, all this while with the aircraft rolling on the runway. Until the flaps are fully up, then only do I have a free hand to move the throttle to max power.
If the flaps switch stays in the up position that would be much better, I can flip the switch to up (& the switch stays there) while immediately after that apply full power.
Is the flap switch supposed to spring load back to center after being released from UP & DOWN position, or is there something wrong with the C172L I'm flying?
BTW, anyone knows what kind of switch this is called?
Cheers!