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Originally Posted by flynlion
Pulling G with flaps deployed is an excellent way to cause structural damage. If anyone can come up with a single example of WW2 fighter that had a recomended "combat flap" setting, I would love to see it. Might be an interesting research project  |
I would love to see that too.
And, as I said I'm not an expert at all, but it seems to me like opening flaps to a small degree does help. Obviously you shouldn't have flaps on landing in a dogfight, but flaps at lower angles may help. That's what it looks like, anyways.