Giles G-200


The Giles G-200 is an American aerobatic homebuilt aircraft that was produced by AkroTech Aviation of Scappoose, Oregon. When it was available the aircraft was supplied as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft or a kit for amateur construction. AkroTech Aviation went out of business and the design is no longer in production.

Design and development

The G-200 features a cantilever low-wing, a single-seat enclosed cockpit under a bubble canopy, fixed conventional landing gear with wheel pants and a single engine in tractor configuration.
The aircraft is made from composites. Its span wing employs a Mort airfoil, has full-span ailerons but no flaps and a wing area of. The cabin width is and has provisions for pilots from in height and to and. When the aircraft was in production custom cockpit sizes were also available as options.
The G-200's acceptable installed power range is and the standard engine used is the Lycoming IO-360 powerplant.
The G-200 has an empty weight of and a gross weight of, giving a useful load of. With full fuel of the payload is.
The manufacturer estimates the construction time from the supplied quick-build kit as 1000 hours.

Operational history

By 1998 the company reported that 26 kits had been sold and one aircraft was flying.
In December 2013 ten examples were registered in the United States with the Federal Aviation Administration, with a further two no longer registered. There was one G-200 registered with Transport Canada.
Pilot Mike Goulian described flying the G-200:

Specifications (G-200)