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V Shaped Things on Wings

Flew into Garden Valley last week and saw a Sportsman and a 185 with these on the wings. Tried to google it but, I wasn't sure what I was googling.
I found this picture on the Glasair website that shows them pretty good. Just curious as to what they are and what their function is.

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Re: V Shaped Things on Wings

Those are part of the BLR VG kit, at least on the 185. They have those deltas instead of VGs on the horizontal stab.
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Re: V Shaped Things on Wings

Those are a form of vortex generator that excite the airflow under the horizontal stab. Similar effect as mounting VGs on the bottom of the stab like some VG kits do.

Edit: Skinner beat me to it.
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