I'm just getting more confused.
Will someone accept the task of unconfusing me?

>>>>> On Mon, 17 Jun 2002, "Carl" == Carl Cadwell wrote:

  Carl> We put on stall strips on our IVP.  We did it before the first
  Carl> flight and before paint.  We did it per the instructions and
  Carl> placement from Mark M and Orin R at Lancair.

  Carl> We have a very distinct stall buffet and the plane stalls
  Carl> straight forward.  We put them on both wings. Per Orin, the
  Carl> plane stalls at 2 knots slower than without the stall strips.

Did I read that correctly?  The aircraft stalls at a SLOWER airspeed
with stall strips?  I thought stall strips were there to induce a
stall in that portion of the wing.  When used near the root of the
wing they force the stall while you still have aileron effectiveness
-- like "washout", decreases the likelyhood of a wing dropping -- and
cause turbulent airflow to strike the tail producing a buffet to warn
of an incipient stall.  How could inducing a stall earlier (faster) at
the root of the wing do anything but RAISE the stall speed?

Are these stall strips or vortex generators?

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Paul Davis
Lancair Legacy builder
pdavis@bmc.com
Phone 713-918-1550
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