before you start stuffing around with the geometry of the aeroplane answer a few questions.
how old are the engine mount rubbers?
if they sag the engine thrust line will not be as designed.
why the hell do you convince yourself that the balance ball is out of whack?
the instrument is as simple as it could be. a ball in a fluid filled glass tube bolted solidly to the instrument panel. how can it be out of whack???
try flying the thing with the ball centred. I'll bet it flies 5 knots faster in cruise. and starts behaving itself.
cessnas I can trim to fly at an exact speed. pipers with the all flying tail are an impossibility for me. why you expect to trim a piper is a mystery to me.
Last edited by dubbleyew eight; 1st Aug 2013 at 06:57.