Kitfoxbill
Active Member
Can you fly without the empanage fairing? I've removed my fairing for repainting. This is on a RV8A.
William Bennett
USA Ret.
William Bennett
USA Ret.
Van's Air Force
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Flying without empanage fairing
- Thread starter Kitfoxbill
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newt
Well Known Member
Seems like a restatement of, "Can I fly this airplane while it's disassembled?"
I'm not an aerodynamicist, but my rule of thumb is that any fairing upwind and close to a control surface is probably important. Putting an elevator and rudder into turbulent flow doesn't pass my gut check. So I won't fly without that fairing.
- mark
I'm not an aerodynamicist, but my rule of thumb is that any fairing upwind and close to a control surface is probably important. Putting an elevator and rudder into turbulent flow doesn't pass my gut check. So I won't fly without that fairing.
- mark
