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14/7/2009 at 10:02am
Location: Cambridgeshire
Outfit: Senator Wyoming
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They fold out so the rain runs off 
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14/7/2009 at 10:03am
Location: Cumbria (Upper Eden Valley)
Outfit: Cabanons SunValley Michigan Khyam ABI
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it depends Some fold in some fold out!
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14/7/2009 at 10:11am
Location: leicestershire
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I would like to know the answer to this too. My sister bought a new Khyam tent which leaked sround the front door/porch. We weren't sure if it was to do with the flaps and kept changing them. It was better with the flaps out but rain still came in although not as much.
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14/7/2009 at 10:18am
Location: North Yorkshire
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I would expect it depends on the tent. Where the pegging points are on the bottom of the flysheet should determine whether the flaps fold in or out.
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14/7/2009 at 10:31am
Location: Essex
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As said, if you have a tent with a groundsheet, when it starts raining its best to tuck them under, especially if you are on a slight hill, then the rain runs underneath the tent/groundsheet.
If its dry, i'd keep them flapping, to get a draft underneath.
The downside with flaps is you need to keep them clean, otherwise you end up packing away a muddy tent.
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15/7/2009 at 6:36am
Location: Blackpool Lancashire
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All of the above answers depend on you being pitched on flat grass, and this is seldom the case. Some of mine just dangle and flap, some reach the ground, and are either pegged under or outward depending on the slope. 
One day I will find myself pitching on dead flat grass, and have no idea what to do with the flaps 
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Topic: advice pls
