Giles G-200 & G202 – Aircraft of the Month

The Giles 200 series aircraft was a popular Acrobatic aircraft developed in the early 90’s in Scappoose Oregon by AkroTech Aviation Inc. Like the Ultimate Biplane its likely more famous as an RC aircraft than the original. Only 12 single seat G-200’s & 26 tandem seat G-202’s where produced so seeing one at a show may be a rare sight.

I remember seeing all kinds of scales of Giles G-202’s quite often at the Jefco Aeromod lers RC filed in at Chat field resistor south of Denver.

Compared to its contemporaries like the Extra 300 or the Cap 232, the Giles series featured a swept back leading edge and a straight trailing edge. A plan form that is quite common on RC pattern Aircraft.

For EAA Members there are quite a few sport aviation articles you can look up in the archives online

Here is the EAA listing for the aircraft: https://www.eaa.org/eaa/aircraft-building/kits-and-plans/d—g/giles-g-200-and-g-202

Here are some YouTube videos of the Giles in action:

And a bunch of RC Giles videos;

Surprisingly I was not able to find any plans on outerzone for it but there are some kits available online:

https://www.aircraftinternational.com/Products/Aircraft/43GilesG202.aspx

(#206) Giles G-202 (87”) Plan Set

Thorp T-18 – Aircraft of the month

The Thorp T-18 was designed in 1963 and is still a common home-built aircraft to see at airshows like Airventure & Sun-N-Fun. Over 400 examples have flown.

John Thorp the designer worked on many aircraft during his career i`ncluding the Piper PA-28 Cherokee series.

The T-18 was originally an open cockpit aircraft powered by a 0-290G ground power unit. But evolved into a closed cockpit with a O-360 for power.

It paved the way for the Van’s RV series of kitplanes. Used T-18 finished aircraft and projects come up from time to time. kits / plans are are difficult to see if they are still around. One resource is: https://www.homebuilt.org/kits/elkund/elkund2.html

A few other websites to check out:

http://www.t18.net

https://www.eaa.org/eaa/aircraft-building/kits-and-plans/t—z/thorp-t-18

A few YouTube videos on the aircraft:

Outerzone has 3 T-18 plan options for anyone looking to build a RC model.

https://outerzone.co.uk/plan_details.asp?ID=9236

https://outerzone.co.uk/plan_details.asp?ID=2403

https://outerzone.co.uk/plan_details.asp?ID=10701