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Bill,

did you have the opportunity to do a before/after speed test relative to those strakes?

I can vouch that they are very effective at improving yaw stability. However if you look at them on the airplane one wonders if they are lined up with the airflow at that point on the fuselage.

Colyn

On Oct 16, 2013, at 10:16 PM, William A. Hogarty wrote:

Hello Dico:

As I recall, I ordered the strakes directly from Mike Custard about 10 years ago. They were the cheapest option I had ever purchased for my plane (less than $ 300) and also the easiest to install.

I had just started the painting process on my plane, when I heard about the strakes, so I stopped painting and waited for the strakes to arrive. As I recall, it took about 2 days to install, start to paint.

I have some photos of the installation process, if you would like to see them. I don't have Mikes

address or contact info, but Im sure the folks at lancair might. As you can tell, I am a real advocate

of his product.

Keep up the photography.

Regards, Bill Hogarty

On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 5:53 AM, Dico Reijers <dico@internetworks.ca> wrote:

Hi Bill,

I went back and watched that first video. I guess what you're seeing is that the tail is to the left a bit.... such that I would apply left rudder to straighten it out?

I'm sure that the ball is centered which then makes me wonder if there is an issue. We always run quite a bit slower than what other IVP pilots claim that their planes run, so perhaps this could be a reason.

Do you have a link to these "Strakes"?

-dr

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Dico Reijers

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