What is the Flap - Approach (Vfe) speed?

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What is the Flap - Approach (Vfe) speed?

Flap - Approach speed, Vfe, is the maximum indicated airspeed at which you may fly with the landing/flaps configuration extended. It’s a structural limit: extending the flaps changes wing loads and controllability, and past this speed the framework could be stressed or the flaps could fail. For this aircraft, the published data specify Vfe for the approach configuration as 202 knots, so that value is the correct limit to observe when the flaps are set for landing. The other numbers don’t apply to the approach-flap setting; they either reflect different flap positions or other limits, not the maximum speed with flaps extended for approach.

Flap - Approach speed, Vfe, is the maximum indicated airspeed at which you may fly with the landing/flaps configuration extended. It’s a structural limit: extending the flaps changes wing loads and controllability, and past this speed the framework could be stressed or the flaps could fail. For this aircraft, the published data specify Vfe for the approach configuration as 202 knots, so that value is the correct limit to observe when the flaps are set for landing. The other numbers don’t apply to the approach-flap setting; they either reflect different flap positions or other limits, not the maximum speed with flaps extended for approach.

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