Just a quick post on my results with a new set of RV-style wheel pants. Background: Tri-Gear Stock KR2S, RAF48 airfoil, ~650 lbs empty. 80 HP Revmaster 2100D. 111 KTAS cruise (no wheel pants).
Mains (only) Speed Increase = 7knots Nose Gear (only) Speed Increase = 4 knots Total Speed Increase = 11 knots For those running Cleveland Brakes; if you purchase the RV style wheel pants directly from Vans, they are actually big enough to cover the entire brake assembly so you won’t have to buy a separate “cover” for the brakes. They are pretty expensive (almost $800 for a set of three), but they are very sturdy and the quality is overall pretty good as well. Mounting them definitely took a little bit of time, (took me well over the course of 4-5 days total, but I also work very slow), and I had to make a lot of cuts with a Dremel tool to make them fit properly. That said, I am definitely very pleased with the end performance and it is a very simple way (although expensive) to get about 10 more knots. The nose gear pant WILL fit on a standard Diehl KR-2 nose gear assembly, however I couldn’t use any of the (included) Vans mounting hardware. Instead, I had to make several trips to ACE Hardware to find a certain set of nuts/bolts/spacers to make it fit. If anyone has any questions; feel free to reach out. This was not meant to be an all inclusive post about wheel pants, but just a short post on my results. Overall: 10-11 knot speed increase. Very Respectfully Samuel Spanovich N6399U 74S, Anacortes WA Sent from my iPhone ________________________________ -Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html -Change list delivery options at https://list.krnet.org/list/krnet.list.krnet.org/ Affinity List Info Board -Search recent KRnet Archives at https://list.krnet.org/empathy/list/krnet.list.krnet.org/ -Search John Bouyea's decades of archive at https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/
