X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 07:34:47 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [198.64.152.110] (HELO sdc.com) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.4.0) with ESMTP id 5033039 for lml@lancaironline.net; Sun, 26 Jun 2011 12:48:34 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=198.64.152.110; envelope-from=ronald@sdc.com Received: from [184.48.11.36] [64.134.227.120] by sdc.com with ESMTP (SMTPD-11.5) id 1d98000072348740; Sun, 26 Jun 2011 12:38:30 -0400 User-Agent: Microsoft-MacOutlook/14.2.0.101115 X-Original-Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2011 12:47:54 -0400 Subject: Ventral Strakes, do they reduce performance? From: RONALD STEVENS X-Original-To: Lancair Mailing List X-Original-Message-ID: Thread-Topic: Ventral Strakes, do they reduce performance? Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: multipart/alternative; boundary="B_3391937277_7185433" > This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --B_3391937277_7185433 Content-type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Hello guys Me again, I just had my first lesson with the Lancair 4p (with JC) and when I took off the plane was wiggling its tail like a happy dog LOL Nothing scary, but this I can imagine could be annoying for passengers. Now I was looking on the internet and found that Ventral Strakes were used to fight against those 'yaw' effects. It suppose to help with turbulence, go-arrounds, full power take offs as well. My very near future plane (we are almost closing ;) is a newer one, so the tail section was already updated to the latest. But looking at my passengers (I fly with my Son and Girlfriend a lot) this could be disturbing for them and I was already thinking of installing the Yaw damper (I have the tru-trak sorcerer) and perhaps also installing those Ventral strakes. Does anybody have experience (before and after) with those? And would you recommend those?=20 Thanks =8B Ronald Stevens (Cirrus 1100 hours, Velocity 250 hours, Lancair 4p student now with 1 hour LOL) --B_3391937277_7185433 Content-type: text/html; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable

Hello guys

M= e again, I just had my first lesson with the Lancair 4p (with JC) and when I= took off the plane was wiggling its tail like a happy dog LOL Nothing scary= , but this I can imagine could be annoying for passengers.

Now I was looking on the internet and found that Ventra= l Strakes were used to fight against those 'yaw' effects.

It suppose to help with turbulence, go-arrounds, full power take offs= as well.

My very near future plane (we are almost = closing ;) is a newer one, so the tail section was already updated to the la= test.

But looking at my passengers (I fly wit= h my Son and Girlfriend a lot) this could be disturbing for them and I was a= lready thinking of installing the Yaw damper (I have the tru-trak sorcerer) = and perhaps also installing those Ventral strakes.

= Does anybody have experience (before and after) with those? And would you re= commend those?

Thanks — Ronald Stevens = (Cirrus 1100 hours, Velocity 250 hours, Lancair 4p student now with 1 hour L= OL)

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