On Jun 16, 5:24 am, wrote:
- flap handle unlocking in flight and shifting to full positive

I'm curious. How can flaps self-deploy to full positive given in-
flight airflow? Are they somehow balanced?

- too high flap handling forces (more than JAR22 limits)

This one seems to contradict the first one. If it takes a lot of force
to deploy the flaps, how can they self-deploy to full positive?

Yeah, I'm curious too. I have an old Speed Astir, and had some trouble
with the flap lock becoming disengaged. It usually happened turning
base to final, and went from full positive to full negative in blink
of an eye. There is considerable force at all airspeeds and conditions
(except a negative "G" push) exerted on the flap control toward the
negative flap setting.