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Originally Posted by cheesehawk
Negative Ghost-rider, applying flaps should result in more lift, and a nose up attitude, hence the need to counter it with nose-down trim. Landing gear results in far more drag, and dirty airflow, but shouldn't be enough to completely negate the flaps.
Strange that the Spitfire manual would be asking you to trim nose down on lowering the landing gear, which should cause a bit of nose down attitude anyways. Perhaps they are trimming in preparation for the flaps?
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Sorry but that's wrong, pilots notes are saying the nose will pitch down on Flaps deployment, as it does for undercarriage. It isn't saying you should trim nose down, the nose needs to be trimmed Up (or it should be).
And yes its more airbrake on the spit than improved lift.
Generally, one of the advantages of flaps is it gives a nose down and therefore better forward view although its nowhere near enough in the Spitfire!