"I want to compliment you on a wonderful product. I just had your VG's installed on my Beechcraft Be58 N186VB. on the trip home I went out to do stalls in Landing configuration and was quite shocked how docile the plane handles now! The bottom of the arc is 70KIAS and the stall warning came on but I waited and waited for the break/buffet and only got a little buffet below 50KIAS!!! I still had aileron control at 48KIAS!! is my indicator out of calibration or are these numbers for real? The cruise performance is not noticeably affected. Do you have new airspeeds written down for approach and landing, and do you have charts for new performance figures for a B58 with VG's? What is the accelerate/stop and go performance now? Thank you for such a wonderful product.

Also, the airplane when heavy did not come of the runway very quickly, it was sluggish and would take a lot of the runway on takeoff. In 2020 I put the VG’s on and it dras cally changed things! I can now land with the power at idle and s ll have elevator authority. The wing is ready to fly sooner and when the airplane is heavy it s ll pops off the runway without any hesita on.

The difference was night and day! The stall speed is at least 10 mph slower and performance is amazing. Everyone I talk to that doesn’t have them on their 205 I say, “you should have had them yesterday!”

The feel of the controls at lower speeds is amazing compared to before VG’s. I would not be comfortable taking my airplane into some of the places I do if I did not have VG’s, it makes that big of a difference. I think of it not only as a performance enhancement but a safety enhancement. The only thing I would have done differently is order them the day I purchased the airplane."

Anni,

First let me thank you for the time you spent with me on the phone prior to purchasing the Micro vortex generators for our Baron G58. Very helpful.

We went ahead and had the VGs installed at our annual. To date, we are very pleased with the results. Stall speeds were dead on to what Micro has published. Slow speed handling characteristics are very much improved. The plane feels much more solid and responsive on short final. The Baron is a very responsive airplane and handles beautifully at normal speeds. The Micro VGs provide a substantial improvement to the Baron’s slow speed handling characteristics and responsiveness. This is particularly helpful in a windy or turbulent landing environment.

Landing characteristics are very much improved. We are able to land at much slower speeds. The transition to landing is better and smoother. Landing distances much shorter. We are able to “make the first turnoff” consistently and without torturing our brakes.

Finally, we have experienced no degradation in cruise speeds. We are seeing the same cruise speeds in cross country flights as we did prior to VG installation. The only tradeoffs so far are that the line guys need to be mindful of the VGs when they are fueling and when it comes time to washing, we will have to be mindful as well. But these are small concessions compared to the improvement in the way the plane handles in slow speeds and the way it lands.

We are very happy that we have installed the VGs. They really do make a great airplane even better.

Thanks,