REFLECTOR: Wheel Pants and speed?

Scott Derrick scott at tnstaafl.net
Mon Sep 19 09:10:48 CDT 2011


Doug,

I guess you need to decide, do I correct an out of trim ball using the 
"normal" method of shimming the correct rudder "out", or run with one 
wheel pant? ;-)

Scott

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Wheel Pants and speed?
From: Douglas Holub <douglas.holub at gmail.com>
To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list <reflector at tvbf.org>
Date: 09/19/2011 07:32 AM

> I did a test to see if my wheel pants were reducing drag. My ball is not
> exactly centered. It's between the lines, but the ball is closer to one
> line than the other. So I took one wheel pant off to see if it would
> center the ball. It did.
>
> Doug Holub
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Baker" <flykb at verizon.net>
> To: <reflector at tvbf.org>
> Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2011 11:02 PM
> Subject: REFLECTOR: Wheel Pants and speed?
>
>
>> Hi,
>> I was wondering if anyone had done any tests on the speed diff on the
>> FG in relation to with wheel pants on vs off.
>> (ie- what sort of diff in cruise speeds are seen?)
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Kevin Baker
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