Flaps

[Easyjet]

I dont suppose someone could write a quick tutorial on when and how much you should put your flaps throughout the flight.

[G-BOAH]

You use flaps on landing and takeoff depending on the / winds / & weight of your aircraft, Ususally you shouls refer to your aircraft manual for instructions on how to vary the flaps for the craft you are flying.

[CptBilly]

I don't think someone could write you an exact guide which you could go by all the time. Well, here is how I learnt. Heavy aircraft like a 747, 777 and a 767 I would set 15 flaps...I've only properly flown the 747. If you have payware aircraft your FMC (Flight Management Computer) will caculate your landing speed, and the speed which flap should be at what. If it's a mega short runway set more flaps. If you set to many flaps at take off the aircraft will start lifting before Rotate (the speed at which the aircraft will take off at) and you could stall. Test around with them in free flight. Before I had a payware aircraft on take off I used to set 15 in a 747 and 5 or 10 in a 737. When on approach look at your PFD (Primary flight display, it will look somthing like this at the bottom left of your screen, http://www.b737.org.uk/pfd.jpg) and if you see the 2 pink lines that form a plus sign you can see a tiny little square where the lines meet. Try and get that on the white line between the brown and blue colours. If it is in the blue add more flaps if it is in the brown take away some flaps. This isn't really the proper way but this is how I learnt and after that you will start to learn more and know when to extend and retract flaps. :)