Excellent timing.
Last weekend I flew the first flight with an instructor at a new school - a simple check-out on a PA28 prior to renting to do some solo night-flying. There were several reasons I was not happy with the instructor (enough that, if I was doing any more than a checkout, I'd have asked for another instructor - but since I only expect to fly with him once more, it's not really a problem).
One thing which he did that I found very strange was his technique for flap retraction on a touch+go, which was to add power immediately, then retract the drag flaps and rotate, then retract the remaining flaps in stages at 300'. This is in contrast to every other instructor I've flown with in any type, who have all taught me to retract the flaps to the appropriate take-off setting, then add power. And this seems to be the way most people on this thread are doing it, too.
Does anyone have any opinions on my new instructor's technique? This is in a PA28-161.
Thanks,
FFF
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