Wing Root Fairing

[Bob Noel]

First impressions of adding Knot2U wing root fairings on my Cherokee 140:

Nothing clearly different in the handling/performance of the plane.

Of course, I hadn't flown the airplane since Nov 05 (surgery) so
insert jokes about not remembering much here..

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[Mike Spera]

> First impressions of adding Knot2U wing root fairings on my Cherokee 140:


Wallet noticeably lighter....

[Bob Noel]

In article et>,
Mike Spera > wrote:

> > First impressions of adding Knot2U wing root fairings on my Cherokee 140:
>
> Wallet noticeably lighter....

< .4 AMU is hardly noticeable in the aviation world :-)

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[Dan Luke]

"Bob Noel" wrote:

> First impressions of adding Knot2U wing root fairings on my Cherokee 140:
>
> Nothing clearly different in the handling/performance of the plane.

What are you hoping for?

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Dan
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[Bob Noel]

In article >,
"Dan Luke" > wrote:

> "Bob Noel" wrote:
>
> > First impressions of adding Knot2U wing root fairings on my Cherokee 140:
> >
> > Nothing clearly different in the handling/performance of the plane.
>
> What are you hoping for?

"You will notice:
******** = 1-2 mph increased cruise.
******** = Reduced stall speeds
******** = Improved low speed handling
******** = Improved Stabilator Authority in the flare"

To be fair, I wasn't "hoping" for much. The wing root fairings are
just a start at some airframe cleanup. I probably won't do the rest
of the available mods until after painting the airplane. The wing root
fairings are easily removed for painting, unlike the other mods.

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[Blanche Cohen]

I had the following installed:

hoerner wingtips (and the installer obviously didn't know what he
was doing, but at the time, neither did I),
flap gap seals (good install job)
aileron gap seals (another good install job)

the difference? on the checkride, even the DE couldn't get the
cherokee to stall (power-on stall). After 3 tries by me, he took
over. I think we were at 30 deg. nose up when he decided it wasn't
worth anymore time or effort.

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Bob Noel wrote:

> To be fair, I wasn't "hoping" for much. The wing root fairings are
> just a start at some airframe cleanup. I probably won't do the rest
> of the available mods until after painting the airplane. The wing root
> fairings are easily removed for painting, unlike the other mods.


Bob: From a shop stand point, you want to accomplish all the mod work
prior to doing the pain work. We had a client that always, and I mean
always! had us do the paint work before everything else on his
aircraft. It took three times as much labor to do anything as you had
to carefully mask off and pad any area that you had to lean over or sit
on to get at the work area. Save yourself the time, aggrivation and
nerves and get all the work done first and then paint.

It will also save you some bucks in the end...

Craig C.

[Bob Noel]

In article . com>,
wrote:

> Bob: From a shop stand point, you want to accomplish all the mod work
> prior to doing the pain work. We had a client that always, and I mean
> always! had us do the paint work before everything else on his
> aircraft. It took three times as much labor to do anything as you had
> to carefully mask off and pad any area that you had to lean over or sit
> on to get at the work area. Save yourself the time, aggrivation and
> nerves and get all the work done first and then paint.
>
> It will also save you some bucks in the end...

I'm a bit confused. Other than the wing root fairing, the speed mods
(flap hinge fairings, aileron and flaps and stab gap seals) seem to be
easily worked without leaning over or sitting on parts of the airplane.
Am I missing something?

Also, I thought it would be easier to strip and paint before the mods

and one more thing, I had thought about having the paint shop install
the mods... don't know if any do that though.

Thanks

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Bob Noel wrote:

>
> I'm a bit confused. Other than the wing root fairing, the speed mods
> (flap hinge fairings, aileron and flaps and stab gap seals) seem to be
> easily worked without leaning over or sitting on parts of the airplane.
> Am I missing something?
>
> Also, I thought it would be easier to strip and paint before the mods
>
> and one more thing, I had thought about having the paint shop install
> the mods... don't know if any do that though.


If your paint shop is going to do the mods that's one thing....What I
was trying to get across is that you want to accomplish all the tasks
that require disassembing and reassembling of the aircraft prior to the
paint job. When the paint guys take it apart for stripping and
painting, you want it to go back together and never have to come apart
again....expect for maintenance.

Our client was the type that it had to be repainted first, then we tore
it down to hang new canopy glass, run new electrics, replace the
complete interior, change all the instruments and their wiring and
plumbing and on and on, all which required climbing all over the
aircraft right after the new paint job.

In my book, the last thing I want to do prior to delivering a
restoration is the paint so that there is less chance to damage the
most visable part of the restoration.

Craig C.