Flap increment questions

[Sunny9850]

The flaps on the DC-6 and DC-7 should theoretically operate the same way. There are defined settings but the pilot actually controls how much effectively is run out.
My good friend Joe who flew the 6s and 7s for AA mentioned that he could tell immediately if a right seater was a smooth operator or not by how they controlled the flaps. Similar to what I mentioned above for the manual flaps in Pipers.

We played with the idea of "infinite" flap sections for the Connie's but found that the calculations actually got quite complex and the the need to hit the flaps down button 20 or so times did not really appeal to us either.

Cheers
Stefan

[PRB]

The flaps on the DC-6 and DC-7 should theoretically operate the same way. There are defined settings but the pilot actually controls how much effectively is run out.
My good friend Joe who flew the 6s and 7s for AA mentioned that he could tell immediately if a right seater was a smooth operator or not by how they controlled the flaps. Similar to what I mentioned above for the manual flaps in Pipers.

We played with the idea of "infinite" flap sections for the Connie's but found that the calculations actually got quite complex and the the need to hit the flaps down button 20 or so times did not really appeal to us either.

Cheers
Stefan

Rgr that. I have the flaps mapped to one of the buttons on the CHProducts throttle unit, so it's not too bad operating the flaps that way. It would be a hassle using the keyboard buttons though...

As to the big "johnson bar" between the seats, the Piper Cherokee I have a couple of hours in has one of those. too I was surprised at how the a/c pitch seemed almost mechanically coupled to the position of that handle. Moving it has instant effect on the picth of the plane. Being new, it hadn't occurred to me to try to be smooth with the flap handle! I just hauled up on that sucker to each desired notch!

[Sunny9850]

Next time you fly the Piper pull back the throttle to what ever power setting you think will sustain the next desired airspeed, 2100 rpm is usually a good number for the fixed pitch Warrior and Archer and then hold the nose with the yoke in the same pitch.
As you feel it getting heavier smoothly pull in the first notch and if you do it right there will be very little pitch movement. As with everything in aviation it takes practice, but when you get it right it is great.

Stefan