I know a guy in Scotland who had a monowheel - then converted to a Tri-gear
and fitted his own nicely designed and made wheel fairings. He says there is
very little difference in the cruise performance of his mono versus his now
Tri-gear.
Jerry
Jerry@ban-bi.com or LTS@avnet.co.uk
www.Ban-bi.com or www.avnet.co.uk/touchdown
----- Original Message -----
From: "McFadyean" <ami@mcfadyean.freeserve.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Aerobatics in Tris vs Monos
> On Tuesday, May 14, 2002 1:19 PM, Tony Renshaw
> [SMTP:tonyrenshaw@ozemail.com.au] wrote:
>
> Lastly, I wonder about the flight
> > characteristics of the conventional taildraggers out there, the one or
> two
> > varieties that I know of. In anticipation.
> >> Tony Renshaw
>
> There is no discernable difference.
> Also, the prototype conventional gear aircraft (G-RICS) reported no speed
> degradation upon conversion (from the monowheel). Can't confirm whether
> that was true or not or whether it was carried out under comparable
> conditions.
> But the addition of leg fairings adds about 7knts.
> I wouldn't dare to suggest that this makes it faster than a monowheel!! To
> date, no wheel fairings have been tried.
>
> Duncan McF
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