CozyGirrrl@aol.com wrote:

Tried standard tips, but did nothing for me. Then I had to put new

tips on

(another story).
Elected to go with Finch Tips.  Turned down and invented by Dr Finch.

In

fact I put them on
Rocky Jones racer, OLE BLUE.  Rocky said they did exactly what he

wanted.

Then he
died as a result of a mid-air.
At any rate I put hem on my LongEz (you flew with them) and it

resulted in

a

lot more
elevator authority due to delaying tip vortex.
I like them, and so will you.  Plans are available if you wish.

Fly fast, land slow
Bill

Bill, I'm with you on this idea; I could not understand any point to the
upturned ones but the downturned ones just made a lot of sense. You are

the

first person who has confirmed they make any difference which leads me

to

believe not many have actually tried.
Thanks again, Chrissi

Cozy Mk-IV 13B-turbo
 www.CozyGirrrl.com
Chrissi@BlueMountainAvionics.com

Chrissi,,

Hope you will be at Oshkosh.  My party will arrive Wednesday and depart
Sunday.
Perhaps I can share that Cheeseburger with you.  Much to talk about.
Big difference between the Horner and the Finch tips. I deleted the long
tail on the
Finch tips due to being too frail with people around.  My belief is that the
last 2 or 3 inches
of the ailerons were ineffective due to the vortec sliding/curling
over/up/behind.  On the
first take-off after installation  almost over-rotated due to much more
elevator authority.
Nothing else had changed.
Since then I have done oil testing on the wings to see if any disturbances
is apparent.  All
looks smooth.  Nuff said!
On Rocky Jones' racer he was losing speed in the turns and finding the
aircraft hard to control
turning with high G's.  He stated "if I can increase 7 mph in the turns I
will win"  Therefore I put
Finch tips on his formula 1 racer 'Ole Blue'.  His comment was that it was
much, much
smoother in the turns and probably more that a increase than he hoped for.
Unfortunaly he had
a mid-air with Buzz Aldran and was killed.  Never did get a picture of the
plane with 'my'
tips on it.  Rocky was a great guy.

Fly fast, land slow
Bill

 
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