Was whipping through some of my old (print) pictures and came across an interesting one.
At casual glance, I thought that someone had been tuft-testing this RV-6. But looking at the black lines more closely, they appear to be painted. Tape, maybe, but too many of the strips are tapered at the end.
http://www.wanttaja.com/rv_6_strips.jpg
The patterning is drastically different between the left and right wings. I realize the wing-root area is of great interest for RV fairing designers, which is why I thought this was tufting at first..
Anybody got any insights into this particular RV-6? I think the picture was taken 15-20 years ago.
Ron Wanttaja