Flaps on take-off?

[201er]

Santa Claus, like all pilots, gets regular visits from the Federal Aviation Administration, and it was shortly before Christmas when the FAA examiner arrived.
 

In preparation, Santa had the elves wash the sled and bathe all the reindeer. Santa got his logbook out and made sure all his paperwork was in order. He went through all his maintenance records to make certain they were spick and span.
 

The examiner walked slowly around the sled. He checked the reindeer harnesses, the landing gear, and Rudolf's nose. He painstakingly reviewed Santa's weight and balance calculations for sled's enormous payload. He ensured that all the proper STCs and 337s were documented including the new LED upgrade on Rudolph's nose.
 

Finally, they were ready for the checkride. Santa got in and fastened his seatbelt and shoulder harness and checked the compass. Then the examiner hopped in carrying, to Santa's surprise, a shotgun.
 

"What's that for?" asked Santa incredulously.

The examiner winked and said, "I'm not supposed to tell you this, but you're gonna lose an engine on takeoff."

 

(I bet Santa wished he used flaps on that ride!)

[N33GG]

Santa Claus, like all pilots, gets regular visits from the Federal Aviation Administration, and it was shortly before Christmas when the FAA examiner arrived.

 

In preparation, Santa had the elves wash the sled and bathe all the reindeer. Santa got his logbook out and made sure all his paperwork was in order. He went through all his maintenance records to make certain they were spick and span.

 

The examiner walked slowly around the sled. He checked the reindeer harnesses, the landing gear, and Rudolf's nose. He painstakingly reviewed Santa's weight and balance calculations for sled's enormous payload. He ensured that all the proper STCs and 337s were documented including the new LED upgrade on Rudolph's nose.

 

Finally, they were ready for the checkride. Santa got in and fastened his seatbelt and shoulder harness and checked the compass. Then the examiner hopped in carrying, to Santa's surprise, a shotgun.

 

"What's that for?" asked Santa incredulously.

The examiner winked and said, "I'm not supposed to tell you this, but you're gonna lose an engine on takeoff."

 

(I bet Santa wished he used flaps on that ride!)

Remember: Dead Foot, Dead Reindeer! :-0

[flyboy]

Can you "feather" a reindeer?

Do you try to restart a reindeer or do you just jettison it?

Is there a green nosed reindeer on the right side of the sleigh?

 

I guess its in the POH or owners manual

[PMcClure]

delete

[Glenn]

At the real risk that we have passed the point that anyone really cares:  In my "F" taking off with 15 degrees of flaps allows rotation at about the same pitch angle as will be used for climb at Vy.  To me this actually decreases the workload of pitching up to rotate, than decreasing pitch to climb.  Maybe I am just not a great multi-tasker.

[BigTex]

Glenn - This topic has been deferred until the upcoming MAPA Homecoming where we'll put Bill Wheat on the spot to settle it one and for all.

[Oscar Avalle]

Sounds like a few of us might be hitting the eggnog pretty hard! Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Maybe the OP for this thread could just put up a poll on the subject (assuming their still around) so we call weigh in on this subject and then call it a day.

Great idea lets do a poll

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[AmigOne]

A referendum was conducted and Putin said "Тема закрыта"