On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 14:15:27 GMT, "G.R. Patterson III"
wrote:



Jay Honeck wrote:

Incidentally, this is our first experience flying the 235 without wheel
pants. We trued out at about 135 knots on the way to Wisconsin yesterday,
in absolutely calm air. Since we normally true out around 142, the fancy
pants apparently net us 5 to 7 knots.

Anyone know how much improvement the stock pants yield?

George Patterson
If a man gets into a fight 3,000 miles away from home, he *had* to have
been looking for it.

I've flown my 235 without pants for an extended period of time. When
I put them back on I got about a 2-3 mph increase (about 2kts). So it
sounds like the fancy pants add about 5 more to cruise.

HTH.
z