Guys,
Anybody flying this plane and had to put lots of down trim in it ??
Before i flew mine, i noticed that the engine firewall has 2+ degrees of up thrust. I notified great planes and they said it is "designed in the airplane"......BULL!!! When i flew the plane ,it required 24 clicks of down trim to get it to fly level. (I checked stab and wings prior, with incidence meters, they are right at zero, balance is right on the money too). when i landed the plane, you can see the elevator drooped down. Well, another guy shows up at the field with exact same plane, and when he turned on the radio, you guessed it! The elevator drooped just like mine. I looked at his prop from the side, sure enough, it has upthrust like mine. I asked him if he is going to fix it, he said, naw, it flies okay. I guess, he is satisfied with mediocre performance!. I have a friend in Texas, and he said his Giles 202 is okay, but his friend has one and it is like mine, he had to add a lot of down trim.
Well, i put some shims behind mount and got the engine to 1/2 degree down thrust. I flew the plane and it still needed 10 clicks of digital down trim, but it handled much better! I now put two degrees of down thrust in engine, and will fly it monday. I will report my results monday night on here.
I would like to hear from anyone who has had to put in a lot of down trim in their Giles 202......Thanks Paul