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1. 01:56 PM - Re: Streamlined Lift Struts (Charlie England)
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| Subject: | Re: Streamlined Lift Struts |
Another strut streamline site, for diy:
http://chrusion.com/BJ7/Streamline/fairings.html
More hassle; less money. :-)
On Thu, Aug 23, 2018 at 8:23 PM, Larry Cottrell <lcottrell1020@gmail.com>
wrote:
> I used the plastic ones over my normal Firestar struts, and used the extra
> to make gear leg farings as well. I believe that it added about 3 MPH. I
> think it is worth doing. Like Bill when I started with my firestar I was
> doing about 55 mph. Clean up this, clean up that and now I can cruise 67
> reliably and 72-74 occasionally.
> Larry
>
> On Thu, Aug 23, 2018 at 3:29 PM John Hauck <jhauck@elmore.rr.com> wrote:
>
>> I changed the subject line to better facility search through the archives
>> later on.
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>> I like the Carlson extrusions. Cheaper than the plastic covers.
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>> My MKIII kit came with stream lined aluminum extrusions. I doubled up on
>> them by inserting a 4130 round tube to act as the primary load carrying
>> part. Used the stream lined ext for drag reduction only.
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>> Larry C and I put streamlined fairings on my MKIII gear legs, but could
>> not determine any advantage and removed them.
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>> john h
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>> mkIII
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>> Titus, Alabama - Heading towards the Rock House this Saturday, by land.
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>> *From:* owner-kolb-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-kolb-list-
>> server@matronics.com] *On Behalf Of *Charlie England
>> *Sent:* Thursday, August 23, 2018 3:35 PM
>> *To:* kolb-list@matronics.com
>> *Subject:* Re: Kolb-List:Stabilizer Angle
>>
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>> Here are some streamline struts, if anyone is interested.
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>> http://www.carlsonaircraft.com/struts.html
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>> On Thu, Aug 23, 2018 at 3:27 PM, Jerry-TS-MkII <12flybellaire@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
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>> Since several people on here were talking about strut fairings.. I just
>> saw this link via another post, with a different topic. The fairings look
>> great, but $$$$$!
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>> http://uflyit.com/streamline_fairings.htm
>>
>> Jerry
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| Subject: | Re: Streamlined Lift Struts |
Thanks for your email, but I'm no longer using this mail account.
My new email address is Johnb3042@gmail.com
Thank you,
JB
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