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Dust

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Troy, Michigan
OK, we all know i am building a cozy, and i would like to reduce the drag, wouldn't we all.

I'm thinking one area that i could try is in the landing gear strut. It currently has an airfoil shape so that it creats a left and a right counterbalancing lift.

I was thinking of changing the shape to have each leg have a no lift airfoil shape.

Does this make sense to any out there?

Talked to klause at lightspeed and he makes them using a wartman aileron airfoil shape for the long ez, and it improves the long's performance, but the cozy landing gear strut is much more airodynamic than the longs to start with

enjoy the build

dust
 
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