Cessna Flap Problems

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crowebird wrote:
how soon after takeoff? Techinally if you retract to soon you will lose lift, if at lower speeds, and run the risk of falling to the surface again.

Same stuff with the gear...
I personally witnessed a crash back to the runway because the pilot 'pulled' the gear away under the belly (literally) when he did not even
had the faintest indication of positive rate of climb. A windgust was all it took to get him back on the runway.
I may have to mention that the plane was a Baron and it happened around 2500ft of a 10.000ft runway.......
How dumb can one be.......

Greetz Carsten