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So basically the main note of the flam isn't much higher than the grace note right?

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So basically the main note of the flam isn't much higher than the grace note right?

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... in a way, yes.

In most cases, people will be playing 9"/3" (accent at 9", tap at 3") and play the flams at around 1" or 1.5" (from set, no lift). In this case, the flam stroke would be at 1.5" (normal flam height), and the note directly following would be 3" (tap height).

I've never heard anybody doing what the above poster is talking about - otherwise you'd see BD playing at 9"/6" with flam strokes at 6"... which isn't the way it happens, and I've never seen anyone else who does that.

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I've never heard anybody doing what the above poster is talking about

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Well, now you have...
Not really. I'm not really sure what exactly I was saying when I poted that...I was apparently half asleep.
Although I do let the grace note of my flams get higher the higher my taps are, but not to the extreme that I apparently wrote. What I should have said was: I don't keep my grace note heights constantly at 1", if I am playing FFF with accents, my grace note is probably between 3-6" otherwise the grace note gets lost. By the same token, if I am playing PP, my grace note is at like .5"-1", that way there is a difference in quality.

Sorry about the confusion, I must say I disagree with my above post also!!!