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Aircraft > Flaps

Q-116:  I’ve heard that operating flaps can be added to model aircraft and that they can provide roughly the same advantages they do on full-scale aircraft, namely provide more lift at low flying speeds, especially when landing.
Being pretty much a beginner in the RC hobby I would like try flaps to possibly make my landing approaches easier (slower) for me.
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