Rocket fairings

[Paul Walter]

I have the original pants/spats on my RV 6. I have heard and read of the new preasure type wheel rocket fairings.
Does anyone have any accurate speed increse numbers and where to get a set.

Thank you

Paul

 

[Ironflight]

I have the original pants/spats on my RV 6. I have heard and read of the new preasure type wheel rocket fairings.
Does anyone have any accurate speed increse numbers and where to get a set.

Thank you

Paul

Hi Paul,

We gained about 6 knots (if I recall correctly) in Louise's RV-6 when we went from the original wheel pants to the current Van's pressure recovery pants. We also upgraded the gear leg and intersection fairings at the same time, so it is hard to separate out the effects.