Hello all,
Long time listener, first time caller (with my 2021 donation PAID). I am getting close to the crating date on my -10 wings and am very much on the fence on whether to have them include the stock wingtips and lenses or to go with Zip Tips Premiere 2s (https://www.aveoengineering.com/ziptips-premiere-2/).
My question is, has anyone added these that can speak to any change in flight characteristics from the stock Van's wingtips? That is quite a curve up to the "winglet" of the Zip Tips 2and I have to imagine it changes the flight characteristics a bit. I'm not an aeronautical engineer enough to even guess if it adds drag or reduces it, or what impact it has to stall speeds and low speed handling characteristics if at all. Can anyone share their actual observations from flying with them on or any info Aveo has provided you?
FWIW, Van's says they have no engineering objection to using them but cannot speak to or speculate on the flight characteristics as they have not tested them (which is what I expected to hear).
Thanks in advance!
Long time listener, first time caller (with my 2021 donation PAID). I am getting close to the crating date on my -10 wings and am very much on the fence on whether to have them include the stock wingtips and lenses or to go with Zip Tips Premiere 2s (https://www.aveoengineering.com/ziptips-premiere-2/).
My question is, has anyone added these that can speak to any change in flight characteristics from the stock Van's wingtips? That is quite a curve up to the "winglet" of the Zip Tips 2and I have to imagine it changes the flight characteristics a bit. I'm not an aeronautical engineer enough to even guess if it adds drag or reduces it, or what impact it has to stall speeds and low speed handling characteristics if at all. Can anyone share their actual observations from flying with them on or any info Aveo has provided you?
FWIW, Van's says they have no engineering objection to using them but cannot speak to or speculate on the flight characteristics as they have not tested them (which is what I expected to hear).
Thanks in advance!