Covered vs Uncovered Landing Gear

[Kitfox Pilot]

I covered mine strictly because I think they look better covered. JMO

[t j]

You can put the fairing on the gear legs and not cover them. That reduces a lot of the drag and you can still see the legs.

[Navycposd]

I guess I will be doing this!

https://youtu.be/ftq8jTQ8ANE?si=1rMS00upTcxMQaIR

I knew fairings helped, but didn't think the difference was this dramatic for a 1ft length of material!
Granted, we are NOT going even half of his test wind speed.....

[airlina]

Thanks for sharing that, I always knew streamling was important , but this video is a real eye opener Bruce N199CL

[dothedr3w]

Well I guess that about settles it, everything gets fairing. I'd never have thought the difference would be that extreme. Thanks for posting this!