“Wind tunnel tests show that at trim speed, a faired pod harness has roughly half the drag coefficient of a seated harness.”
Looking at the maths, this translates to a huge improvement in glide performance even for pilots flying EN B pilots. Skywalk’s research finds that the fairing at the rear of the pod is important, too.
Gliding from 2,000m in still air, a pilot with a fairing will fly around 800 metres further than a pilot in a standard pod.
