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Old 02-14-2014 | 11:51 PM
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Installed the cowl on my plane , plane had been trimmed out earlier took off next minute plane started a steep climb didn't understand why and still don't has any body had this happen to them before?
Old 02-15-2014 | 05:29 AM
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Didn't something shift aft?
Other than that you're more aerodynamic with the cowl on. Reset trim at half throttle or so and see what happens
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Who knows what kind of plane you have but I don't know of any where an installed cowl would push the nose up that much. Maybe a slight difference but nothing dramatic. I would check the elevator surfaces and linkages and as mentioned the CG.
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You would be amazed what can cause a trim change. Last race season I lost a stripe of covering off the bottom of my wing. This left a bare wood area about 7 inches long and 3 inches wide. The airplane took half of my available up trim. After the heat I covered the section with packing tape. Next heat I had to take the up trim out. A cowl will certainly cause a difference in trim. Then again the OP doesn't even state what airplane let alone post a picture with cowl off.

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