REFLECTOR: Removing Borrom Winglets

Don Johnston numa at comcast.net
Sat Aug 3 09:38:21 CDT 2013


Ken Mishler would have good information on that. IIRC, he removed the lower
winglets on Tom Martino's old plane.

-Don

On Sat, Aug 3, 2013 at 8:48 AM, jeff findarle <flynfindarle at yahoo.com>wrote:

> Hello all, The Velocity I purchased in March had a Taxi way Gear up, thus
> removing the bottom winglets. I have the wings off and am in the middle of
> reinforcing and smoothing out the unpleasing patch job some one made. My
> question is - Do the bottom winglets really do anything in the form of
> flying stability, control or lift? I see many Velocity pics that do not
> have them, some have small tiny winglets and it was suggested by one owner
> to have a small downward winglet to stop the air from sliding off the
> wingtip. I also quized a close friend of mine who has been flying for
> American for decades. Many Jets do not have down winglets. Some do however.
> He felt that the upper winglet should suffice to help in the air flow. I
> really like the look without a bottom winglet, so if I can keep it that
> way, all the better. Any response from anyone who had them, then ground
> them off? Suggestions?
>
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