REFLECTOR: TEST FLIGHT WITHOUT TOP COWL

[Mike Dawson via Reflector]

Flying without any piece of cowling or panel removed is ill advised. Changes in aerodynamic flow could be disastrous. If someone else has done it, I haven't heard about it.
My 2 cents.

Michael E Dawson
ATCI CFII


> On Jan 18, 2015, at 6:41 AM, Larry Parham via Reflector <reflector at tvbf.org> wrote:
> 
> Would it be ok to test fly around the pattern only without the top cowl installed.   With the armpit scoops feeding into a tops-down plenum arrangement. 
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