REFLECTOR: Aerodynamic wheel pants

[Mark Magee]

All this wheel-pant observed speed data is baffling. Does anyone have any data showing wheel pants helped? These type of reports are so different than what was observed in the Long EZ community.

Mark B. Magee
N34XL
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On Sep 3, 2012, at 6:19 PM, "Lou Stedman" <stedmanlou at roadrunner.com> wrote:

> I changed mine and it had 0 effect. I am the same cruise and top speed as I was with the factory pants and no pants.
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: Andrew Judge
> Sent: Monday, September 03, 2012 5:25 PM
> To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
> Subject: REFLECTOR: Aerodynamic wheel pants
> 
> Anyone have experience changing your wheel pants from the factory default to the more aerodynamic tapered ones? If so, how much of a speed impact did they have?
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Andy
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