What is the Flap - Land (Vfe) speed?

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What is the Flap - Land (Vfe) speed?

Vfe is the maximum airspeed at which you may fly with the flaps in the landing configuration. When you extend flaps for landing, the wing can produce more lift at lower speeds, but the flap systems and wing structure are only rated up to a certain speed in that configuration. Exceeding that limit risks structural damage or flap failure. For this aircraft, the published flap-landing speed is 158 knots, so you should not exceed that speed with flaps fully extended during approach and landing. The other numbers don’t represent the landing-flap speed limit for this airplane, so they’re not the correct value.

Vfe is the maximum airspeed at which you may fly with the flaps in the landing configuration. When you extend flaps for landing, the wing can produce more lift at lower speeds, but the flap systems and wing structure are only rated up to a certain speed in that configuration. Exceeding that limit risks structural damage or flap failure. For this aircraft, the published flap-landing speed is 158 knots, so you should not exceed that speed with flaps fully extended during approach and landing. The other numbers don’t represent the landing-flap speed limit for this airplane, so they’re not the correct value.

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