With more landings with the gap seals now I'm noticing another benefit with them.
I've got a couple of thousand landings in Cubs and now 100's in my Carbon Cub and 99% of them, when on wheels, have been tail-low wheel-landings. I know what the 'sight picture' looks like over the cowl and what my speed picture over the ground is too. What these gap seals change is that at the same speed as pre-seal, my AOA is flatter. I like that. Or I can land at a slower speed with the same AOA as before. I dislike 3-pointing a Cub on wheels.
I like the flatter angle and elevator response with the seals. I also like the slower touchdown speed with the higher AOA if I choose to really get in slow. Its like landing with an extra few mph headwind.
Soon we'll see what it does for ski landings. I always 3-point ski landings unless I'm laying tracks first.
Turbopilot - here's an image:
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