Indeed, I'm not lucky enough to fly a Chippy but any aircraft should be flown to the best of your ability and just because it can take some abuse doesn't mean that you should actually abuse it.
I'm still gobsmacked when pilots with zillions more hours than me don't bother kicking off drift or lowering the into wind wing just before touchdown; then you get that horrible sideways motion when the poor beast tries to straighten itself out with a squeal of tires and a lurch across the runway.
By the way I fly a 172 with 40 degrees of flaps, those last ten degrees are really effective, like flying into a big pillow.
Compared with a 28s flaps which are there just for an extra lever to pull I think.
Last edited by thing; 10th Sep 2013 at 20:15.