[seaniebeag1983]

If you dont have a slider spare you can set it to your mouse wheel.

I read a story on another forum somewhere, cant find it now, about a specific group of spitfires being transported somewhere on the front line. They had an external fuel tank mounted to allow them make a longer trip. Because of this fuel load a lower flap setting was required.

So the pilot lowered the flaps all the way, then raised them back up, but not before the ground crew stuck a block of wood between the flap and the trailing edge of the wing, forcing the flap to stic at about 3/4 of full extension.

Once the spit was airborne, the pilot dropped the flaps again, freeing the block of wood which dropped free, and the pilot raised flaps again.

EDIT: Found the post, FS~Lewis at www.skiesoffire.org

An interesting fact I was told during a holiday to Malta was that when the RAF brought in Spits to the island it was easier to take them in via Aircraft carrier but deemed too dangerous to go all the wall to Maltas port with the important cargo. The Spits were then faced with the task of flying the extra distance from the aircraft carrier. This posed 2 main problems that the Spits needed special extra fuel tanks made specifically for the distance and also something would have to be done to decrease the distance for take-off. The tanks were made up and situated directly under the centre of gravity under the fuselage. The simple solution to giving the Spits the Takeoff flaps they needed was to open the flaps fully and to put in a block of wood cut to precisely the right size. The flaps were then shut and the blocks jammed in place giving the right takeoff flap angle. Once the aircraft were airbourne the flaps had to be fully extended to drop the blocks and then closed for normal flight.Below is a SPit taking off for Malta.....The tank can be seen.