Recently added pants to my tri-gear. No noticeable trim effect. I always have to use nose up trim. Quite a bit when flying at 80 kts. or less.
Simultaneously adding the pants and wing gap covers (vertical blinds) added about 12 knots (10%) to top speed. Ken Jones, kenbjo...@cinci.rr.com Sharonville, OH N5834, aka The Porkopolis Flying Pig KHAO ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Langford" <n5...@hiwaay.net> > You guys that have flown without and with wheel pants...was there any > noticeable difference in the trim required when wheel pants were > installed? > The reason I ask is I've never been able to fly with trim in the neutral > position...it's always nose up, and with flaps I still don't have enough > to > relieve the workload. I'm thinking about adjusting my horizontal stab > down > a little to try to get a little closer to centered. I can see how adding > wheel pants would streamline the wheels, causing less drag about the > wheels, > decreasing the tendency to fly nose down, but I guess I'm trying to get a > feel for how pronounced the difference is.
