REFLECTOR: Vortilions and/or VG's?

steve korney s_korney at hotmail.com
Wed Jul 20 12:04:17 CDT 2005


The tape should be on the hinge side...



Best... Steve




----Original Message Follows----
From: "Chuck Jensen" <cjensen at dts9000.com>
Reply-To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list <reflector at tvbf.org>
To: "Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list" <reflector at tvbf.org>
Subject: RE: REFLECTOR: Vortilions and/or VG's?
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 11:10:48 -0400

Oh, no.  Not again?  I thought the aileron gap was supposed to be sealed
from the underside, not the topside.  I sealed from the bottom side and
believe I enjoyed noticeable speed gain but thought the aileron
authority was noticeably reduce on slow approach.  Do I still have this
wrong and the tape should be on the top and not the bottom?

Chuck

-----Original Message-----
From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
Behalf Of Jack Sheehan
Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 11:07 AM
To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Vortilions and/or VG's?

Yes I forgot about sealing the aileron gap. That makes a big
difference. When I first sealed the gaps by tape on the upper surface
I was using a white tape. On an approach for landing I heard a pop
and felt an abrupt change in aileron control. I did not realize it at
the time but the tape came off one wing and it was really noticable.
I now use a 3M clear duct tape that has a reinforcing thread in it (
bought in Lowe's) this stuff has been on for about two years a works
great.
--
Jack Sheehan
Executive Director
National Consortium for Aviation Mobility (NCAM)
Visit the following sites
http://www.ncam-sats.org, http://www.sats2005.com, http://sats.nasa.gov
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