As the airplane decelerated thru 89 knots TAS, once or twice a
sound was heard that can best be described as a door closing shut firmly. It sounded
like a landing gear door being slapped against the fuselage/cowling by the slip
stream.
Jay, you could be hearing flow detaching and reattaching at the
inboard wing. I had this happen on our RV6 when practicing stalls. The
sound the RV made was a loud FLUPP!
Easy way to test: Put tufts across the top of the wing (inboard
both sides) and watch for flow separation concurrent with the
noise. If you see it….
Fred Moreno