Don't have to look. I start the takeoff roll at -1 and, as I get aileron
authority, it's simply, "click, click, click". That puts me into
thermalling flap for the tow.

Those are some spiffy setups with the LEDs, however, and, as a sometimes
geek, I may need to make one "just because"!


"Tim Taylor" wrote in message
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It all depends in where you have to look to confirm your flap setting. The
flap indicator in the SH allows the pilot to confirm the flap setting and
change it effectively on take-off roll without taking your eyes off the tow
plane. In a thermal with other gliders I never have to look down to confirm
what setting I am in. In the SH "a" models it is harder to see the flap
handle location so the position indicator is even more helpful.