Dave,
Don't cut it off, remove the machine screws and nuts to remove it.
You will lose about 1 mph with the fairing removed.
Syd
On Jul 14, 2009, at 9:55 AM, David Winters wrote:
My nose strut faring broke open in flight yesterday and spread out
like a fan. Heard it pop. Slowed me down considerably. Made the
plane want to turn and gave me cross control symptoms. Now, I plan
to simply cut it off and do without the faring. I deduce that
this is permissible by the number of Coupes that do without,
already. Am I correct?
Does anybody have a feel for how much speed this will cost me?
Dave Winters
