I've flown with two different types of wheel pants as well as none at all. Even flown with all the wheel pant fittings hanging out in the wind. No differnce in the trim, although it was much draggier without the pants.
Jeff Scott On Sun, 17 Jul 2005 14:56:23 -0500 "Mark Langford" <n5...@hiwaay.net> writes: > NetHeads, > > You guys that have flown without and with wheel pants...was there > any > noticeable difference in the trim required when wheel pants were > installed? > The reason I ask is I've never been able to fly with trim in the > neutral > position...it's always nose up, and with flaps I still don't have > enough to > relieve the workload. I'm thinking about adjusting my horizontal > stab down > a little to try to get a little closer to centered. I can see how > adding > wheel pants would streamline the wheels, causing less drag about the > wheels, > decreasing the tendency to fly nose down, but I guess I'm trying to > get a > feel for how pronounced the difference is. > > I'm still waiting on my crank and heads (they'll be here this week), > so > today I'm doing airframe stuff, like painting the glare shield flat > black, > wiring the fuel gauge properly, and swapping out the flap switch to > one that > is momentary when in the down position. > > Thanks, > > Mark Langford, Huntsville, Alabama > see KR2S project N56ML at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford > email to N56ML "at" hiwaay.net > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at > http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > >
