Flaps Penalty, even above 1000agl.

[silo]

I know that you have to take off with flaps to avoid getting penalty from FsP (GA airplanes). I also know you have to retract them above at least 500agl for the same reason. I actually retracted them above 1000agl and when I landed I still got the penalty. Does the same issue exist in the approach/ landing phase? Meaning, do I need to have flaps set before descending through 500agl or 1000agl?



Post Edited ( 11-19-05 22:22 )

[DanSteph]

Sure landing without flaps is a bad idea...

Dan

[Drew]

remember there is also a speed allowance on the flaps (i think, Dan?) so regardless of what altitude you are, if you are exceeding the
speed, you will be penalized

[silo]

I see Dan, thanx. That explains why I was getting the penalty anyway. I lowered the first notch of flaps well below 1000agl.

Thanx for the tip, Drew.

[quint60]

As a newcomer to FsP, I should probably not complain... FsP is a fantastic product .

However, if there is a work around to the penalty for using the improper flap setting on takeoff, please let me know. As I started flying a
single in FsP (my 600+hours logged in FS9 doesn't count, I guess), I was pretty disappointed to see that I was being penalized for taking
off with flaps set to 0 deg which is the normal takeoff configuration for that plane (Carenado V35B) and most small singles. I have since
graduated to the Flt1 C-421 and again, am penalized for using the 421's normal takeoff configuration - 0 flaps. I can't find a way to turn off
the penalty in the FsP settings, so if anyone can tell me how to do it in the cfg file-I'd appreciate it.