REFLECTOR: Vortilons

[Jack Sheehan]

Wow ! So much discussion VG's Vortillons , Trailing edge fences. I 
must be nuts. I have about 150 Hours on my XL-RG I did the test 
flying without anything. It flew great. I painted the airplane and it 
flew better. ( guess I just got better). I have looked at all the 
stuff and am reluctant to make any changes because the wing just 
looks good clean. The airplane gets a little sloppy below 100 knots 
with the gear down. You have to use the rudders to lead the turn and 
the aileron inputs are very deliberate. The problem I have is I am so 
used to it everything feels OK. I plan to install the vortillons and 
see if that makes a big change and then put on some trailing edge 
fences to see if that does anything. I would remove anything that 
effects the top end. I would rather go fast.
The only other modification I would be looking to do would be to get 
some more heat in the airplane. On a trip back from Kentucky last 
week I was really cold OAT -8C @  FL 015 but the ground speed was 260 
KTS 285 in the decent.
Jack
N55XL