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10-20-2014:


I test flew the plane with the leg fairing on. The ball is slipped to the right about 5/8 ball at cruise speed. After landing, the picture showed that the left fairing need to be rotated clock wise a little to match the right gear fairing. I don't know how this happened. After position the fairing following Van's method, I positioned the upper intersection fairings, then removed all fairings for paint. Then reinstalled the fairing using the intersection fairing as a guide. I will correct this and do another test flight to see the ball will be centered.

Other things I noticed during the flight

- Speed does look increased 7-10 mph comparing with no fairing
- The stall is more violent, with a sharp shake, and will not stall straight ahead. This could be other crooked rig due to the misaligned fairing.





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