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From: vtailjeff@aol.com
Subject: Re: [LML] Ventral Strakes, do they reduce performance?
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Ron,

Flying with three people a lot in IVP (with bags) will put you over maximum r=
easonable gross at full fuel and probably at or near aft cg. This really is a=
 2 person long distance airplane.

Jeff


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On Jun 27, 2011, at 1:34 AM, RONALD STEVENS <ronald@sdc.com> wrote:

> Hello guys
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> Me again, I just had my first lesson with the Lancair 4p (with JC) and whe=
n I took off the plane was wiggling its tail like a happy dog LOL Nothing sc=
ary, but this I can imagine could be annoying for passengers.
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> Now I was looking on the internet and found that Ventral Strakes  were use=
d to fight against those 'yaw' effects.
> It suppose to help with turbulence, go-arrounds, full power take offs as w=
ell.
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> My very near future plane (we are almost closing ;) is a newer one, so the=
 tail section was already updated to the latest.=20
>=20
> 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 Y=
aw damper (I have the tru-trak sorcerer) and perhaps also installing those V=
entral strakes.
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> Does anybody have experience (before and after) with those? And would you r=
ecommend those?=20
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> Thanks =E2=80=94 Ronald Stevens (Cirrus 1100 hours, Velocity 250 hours, La=
ncair 4p student now with 1 hour LOL)