Now don’t forget the power, just enough to prevent a loss of altitude.
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Then at this point usually adding the last of your flaps unless you have the lucky plane that have that fourth setting.
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This means you will likely have to use some muscle of maintaining the slower settings. Do expect a slight more ballooning affect then be prepared to add some power to prevent loss of altitude. (You can sometimes go straight to full flaps if can keep up with the ballooning tendency and power requirement to prevent altitude loss etc, but in the beginning you probably need to take it in steps, and for a checkride your under stress anyways so take the steps.) As the plane begins to stabilize and approach the slow speed desired, usually go ahead with next set of flaps. This will mean raising the nose some to prevent loss of altitude, but we reduce power so we don’t climb either. Start by pulling your power to or close to your normal power setting or other recommended setting that you use to get ready to lower the airspeed into white arc and lower flaps. So my recommended set up is to start as if setting up for a landing.
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Usually this happens in the so called dirtiest configuration of your aircraft such as max flaps in my C152 trainer. It’s a demonstration of controlling the relationships of Lift and weight and thrust and drag or the relationship of you controlling your minimum airspeed (or whatever speed requested to use)through angle of attack with the power creating just the right amount of thrust over drag to not sink or climb unless called for.
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So this lesson isn’t about so much how to do slow flight as maybe an easy plan to setting up and its relationship to the rest of our flight. My students often have concerns about setting up for slow flight when practicing and perfecting their skills for a checkride.