Ahhhh hang on there. Check your AFM. For the M5-235 Best Angle of Climb (Vx) is with flaps 20. I imagine the other models are the same.Lowflybye wrote:Flaps reduce the stall speed and allow for shorter takeoff roll, but also decrease the angle of climb due to the increase in drag....so you will be off the ground faster, but climb out at a lower angle when using flaps.aero101 wrote:a64pilot wrote:She will climb better with 0 flaps, most light airplanes will.
Guess that depends on runway length and how tall the trees / hills are and definition of climb performance?
0 flaps will increase your takeoff roll, but also increase your climb angle once airborne due to the decreased drag.
To the original question: I've always retracted flaps first @300 t0 400 AGL, then power reduction at 1000 to 1500 AGL. I can't see any advantage to reducing power first, except possibly noise abatement, and have never been taught to fly any single engine aircraft that way.
I have tried reducing power first and then climbing out at Vx for a noise abatement profile. I'm not sure how it afffected the noise footprint, but I didn't feel like it was climbing verry well.
Kirk