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What Jim said - they're fun! The thinking is worse than the doing. Nothing you can do that you're instructor can't get you out of. Plenty of altitude. Part of the adventure, man! Go have fun.

Another FWIW - I only have 30, and would like to have 40 for the off airport preparation. Besides, it's fun. Flying is boring. Landing is fun. And I really liked the Johnson bar.

Steep glidepath - little room for error on round-out and flare. Airspeed is gone very quickly. Bang. I'm not arguing that your speed is slower, and that has benefits - especially in off-airport. I'm simply arguing that an average pilot is more likely to wrinkle something at that setting, and...

As has been said, EGT spread can be dependent on several factors other than even fuel flows. The even fuel flow to each cylinder makes LOP possible/smooth. You typically want to be within .5 GPH spread from lowest to highest, although some engines can run sufficiently LOP with up to 1.1 or...

Especially when I make a summer trip to the cabin in Ruidoso.... (KSRR) o_O

Correction accepted (AOPA), but doesn't change last post's stance - I think a hard landing is (much) more likely at 40 deg flaps, rather than 30 (and 20), at the vast majority of airports. Honestly - it's just not that important on the long RW's the average guy uses. But being able to...

Well that was kind of a drive-by.... If you look back, you and Jose agree on the crux of this thread - the flaps. I'm in the 30 deg. camp - but not 40, if you got em, as a matter of standard practice. Especially as it relates to the OP. I think you are being myopic in your squared speed...

Just KNEW you were going to say: and he jumped out, threw his arms up, and yelled, "I SAVED IT!"

Me, too - on the TO/GA button. Or I did, until this morning. I sold my SR22TN w/ Perspective (G1000) as of 9 a.m. Close on the 182T tomorrow, so also the GA button. I'll say you did ALL go arounds for non instrument conditions. And all missed approaches were IFR, whether IMC or not...

A new guy here that just read the whole thread. Good info at first until people started trying to defend their position instead of talking about advantages of flap settings. I think most were unfairly critical of Jose. I thought the same thing he did when one says they have a lot of go...

Well, then again, it seems to let me but being new, I didn't know the software well enough to know I did. :)

Download your flight records to Savvy. Records are on the bottom card. (Was going to show a pic, but I don't think it will let me due to being new....

If you are on an IFR flight plan or on flight following, it will get you. It coincides with your squawk - if you are 1200 or anything that starts with 0 (e.g., 0312), no tracking. If you start with a number besides 0 (except 1200), you'll be on tracking with the services.