Barnhart wrote:

Real pilots don't need no stinking flaps.  For fun, find

some

Cessna/beech pilot, take him up in a cub or biplane, and throw

it in a

serious slip and watch his face.

Paul is right, good practice for when the electrics go

out.

Barny

I learned to fly in a Schwitzer 2-32 glider.  Spoilers are

used to

control

rate of decent and sometimes they are not enough. Slips are

required at

times,  plus slips are just plain FUN. BTHW I would like to

use

slips more

often in a C150, but they are not approved with full flaps.

Most

of the time

I use full flaps, so no slips most of the time.

Monty

Do it anyway Monty at altitude so you can become familiar with

how it

behaves. The 172 bucks a bit more with full flaps than the 182.

Never

tried it in a 150.

Paul Lamar

Monty must have one of those "modern" C150s.  All mine have 40

deg

flaps, which is really nice when you are trying to get into a

very short

field. (Guess how I know)   But not quite so nice if you attempt

a

go-around with full flaps (40deg).   The pitch up is amazing with

full

power!  So if 'full flaps' is 30 deg, like the later C150s, I

agree -

use 'em.

For the 40 deg models, reserve the last 10 deg for when you are

sure

you really want it, cause the thing will barely climb with 40 deg

flaps

and the pitchup from trimmed/idle/60 mph  to full power is

impressive.

Apparently the huge flaps can blank the tail in a slip, leading

to

exciting things happening too close to the ground.

Bill
Long EZ builder & pilot
BSME, MSME
EAA Technical Counselor

My instructor pointed this out to me: the 150 stall speed between 20

and

40 degrees of flaps is only *1* MPH!  And for that go-around, those
extra 20 degrees hurt enormously.  That's why he teaches everyone to
only use 20 degrees max.  I learned in a 172 but recently got checked
out in the 150; that's when I found out.  Makes perfect sense to me.

He

also said the 150 just barely will climb with 40 degrees of flaps; if

it

is near fully loaded, it won't climb at all!

AI Nut

All true, but sometimes you need the extra drag, like in an engine

failure

landing in a short field, and you need to drop in steeply to avoid an
overshoot.  My normal C150 landing use 20 deg, but I practice with
40 occasionally.

Bill
Long EZ builder & pilot
BSME, MSME
EAA Technical Counselor

 Its been some time since flying a 150,but doesn't the airspeed indicator

go out-off-wack when executing a full slip approach.

Patrick.

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