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Originally Posted by lcnmrv8r
Back to the original point of the thread. We all have items in our airplanes that are somewhat unique or different. The key is learning them all and applying them effectively. I think the whole key to this event was that he didn't recognize what was happening in the seat of his pants and thus did not realize what he had done. I don't necessarily think that his setup is to blame but his lack of experience. Which we have all had at some point. We all learn from our experience and that of others around us. Some practice at altitude with flaps and pitch may be the most useful thing to do to see how the plane reacts thus if something else like this occurs he will recognize it before it gets scary.
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Au contraire mon fraire!
I am going to refute your supposition here. I feel it was
exactly because of my experience that I recognized what was going on with the airplane. It was just not registering with me at the time WHY it was doing what it was doing. That experience told me what to do without much conscious thought on my part. Without really thinking about my actions, as the plane slowed down and pitched up, I instinctively pushed the stick forward to get the nose down. The reality is, I was performing these actions before my conscious brain even acknowledged something odd was going on.
I contribute that action to the EXPERIENCE I have learned over the years and, as I wrote in my original post, to the training I have received.
Now, I am sure when looking at my experience compared to, say, a military jock, or any of you old time aviators with multi-thousands of hours flying, my "time in seat" flying is going to be pretty minimal in comparison. However, I don't believe EXPERIENCE should only be measured in terms of "time in seat".
I believe my experience flying in general is pretty good, that my intelligence is such that in a given situation I am going to be able to think through the problem and that, again from the list at the end of my OP, I am going to make every effort to learn from every experience I encounter. This all has just as much to do with EXPERIENCE as does "time in seat".
Perhaps your statement was alluding to my "lack of experience"
with this airplane. If that was your meaning, then I do agree with you. I only have about 24 hours of experience flying this particular airplane. I am indeed learning something new about it every day I fly it.
Again, as I mentioned in my original post, I wanted to post my experience for therapeutic reasons for myself, and so that others may take something positive from reading about this incident. I most definitely was not intending to create a debate about whether or not to:
place flap controls on a stick grip vs the panel
OR
whether manual vs electric flaps are better.
I do have a switch on the panel between the throttle and the mixture knobs in addition to the stick and I like both manual and electric flaps. I have flown behind both and feel perfectly comfortable using either one. As for the placement of the flap switch in close proximity to the trim switch, I do agree these two could stand to be separated better but the reality is the Infinity grip is really not that bad of a lay out. If I can get a limit switch in place on the flap switch I will be very satisfied with its configuration.
Live Long and Prosper!
Really?
And to do this, you have to remove your hand from the throttle as you're making adjustments for landing. In fact, you could go through this process two or three times, just for one landing! 
Now that is funny! Just the act of disagreeing with you makes one wrong? I like it! 
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