Steve Pierce
BENEFACTOR
Graham, TX
From the comments on the video you can tell Tim Allan is loyal to Dan.
When I changed my Naugahyde bungee covers to fairings I picked up 2, maybe 3 mph.They look draggy as hell to my eye, I'd expect a min. Of 5 mph increase in cruise, with a fairing, not just a keep the gunk off cover.
What amount of speed change did you notice when you installed the streamlined covers on the gear leg V?
What amount of speed change did you notice when you installed the streamlined covers on the gear leg V?
I was thinking in terms of stretchy material for covering shocks, the material can move with the shock travel and not bunch up causing more drag like conventional bags.
Made some covers out of 4mm neoprene. They’re held on with Velcro.
Doubt they’ll be very durable and will get discolored from exhaust in short order.
Ill update with results after some flying.
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Thanks for the suggestion.Try some thin Lexan, it's tough stuff, use some soft pull wide flange pop rivets or even Gorilla tape on the TE to secure it. It will bend to just the right shape, or close enough.
It might very well be that the longer fairing would be less draggy than the shorter one. The round tube is very draggy as compared to even a larger streamlined tube.One other advantage to making them longer to allow for travel, is that much more round tube is faired.
TK assembly is at full extension when unloaded during flight.The only time the fairing needs to be long is on landing/extension so no need to be long AT ALL.... you are going slow
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I like the boat seat idea! Bill can you ask Larry if he used one for the pilot seat also? How did he mount it if he did? Thanks
Here ya Go!photos of the airplane and 172 wings!!