A Piper's wing is neither smooth nor free from leaks. Stopping the leakage of air across the wing is easy. All you have to do is put gap seals between the wing and the flaps and between the wing and the ailerons. This is simple and highly cost effective. Sealing these gaps will gain you approximately five to six M.P.H. in cruise speed and fifty feet per minute in rate of climb. You get an added bonus of lower stall speed and much greater aileron effectiveness.
This is a mod you can't afford to do without because it will give you approximately 10% savings in fuel and the gap seals typically cost only $370 to $445 and take three or four hours to install. You'll save the cost back very soon and have the added advantages forever!
The aileron
gap seals on their own cost $279 and take under two hours to install.
Tests show they deliver several miles per hour more performance than the
AMR&D ones.
The Laminar Flow Systems aileron gap seals performance is the same as
the LoPresti and K2U ones… but the price is lower and they have less
tendency to ice up!
