Bflight

I saw that AVID Official is coming back a bit this year with some new life on their facebook page, here is a link about getting serial numbers and matching them up with what is known and filling in the blanks about what isn't know about the planes flying and being built.
https://www.facebook.com/avidaircraft
https://us2.list-manage.com/survey?u=57d7cbbab19e0b2dfbe9964a1&id=db973073e1

New seat is back and installed! New seatbelts, New carpet, maybe a new attitude to finishing this plane and fly it. It is for sale but the right money has to come for it.

Question, I have raw spruce floor now should I put carpet or non slip padding or leave it exposed wood?

Red matte carbon fiber poly vinyl, looks much better against black background. 

My dash is coming alone well. I did a bunch of CAD cardboard added drawing and them aluminum work made it ugly them made it sweet again! Everything in its place but my D6 and Ifly tablet for ads-b

New placement of the gauges due to the dash frame rods (yuck)

New video uploaded on YouTube of trying to wire the navigation lights.

Before and after video

This ^ is video 1.

follow up video ^

I just used carpet from home depot that I had left over from a car project. Lots of cardboard has been used.

Today my seat went in for new foam and covering get it back in a week or too.

The plane got a new home hanger mate the other day. The wife said I didn't have enough going on so we brought this project home we've had for a few years in storage. Desert Fox Spoiler corvair powered Manx clone.

Question(s) while building the daah I noticed the dash support isn't going to allow the D6 to be placed in the wanted position, in front of the pilot. Looks like I'm going to have to the setup this way. Anyone forsee any issues with checking airspeed or AOA while flying/landing/taking off?

Seems that the fan has blown away my ignition switch and USB Port papers but they are easy to imagine. 

Ordering the 8.50 tundra tires but is this worth the $$?

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Moving forward as I wait for pitot tube parts to arrive, the cardboard aided design is in full tilt today on the dash. Have you heard of sendcutsend. Com you design in 2d send a .dxf file and they cut from steel or aluminum. This dash with all the cut outs is under $50 bucks from .080 aluminum! SHIPPED!!

So I have a new issue! Put my the new pitot tube protector on and decided to add a bit of air to the cabin fitting to make sure it made the flap move..... No movement so I ran a thin wire 20 gauge soild copper got it about 5 inches in the pitot side and it stopped, 3 inches from the cabin. So I turned the air up a bit and BOOM what I thought was soild hard line in fact was hard to a 5' peice of soft plastic ¼ hose the blockage popped the fitting off one end of the soild line. Now I'm trying to figure out how to get the old hose that is wire tied every spare out and a new one installed. Any ideas folks?

Does anyone have a way to make the cargo area bigger / more useful? My area is 18"x18"x12".

The old parts pile is growing as the bank account get lower. Dynon D6 comes in Tuesday Ifly gets mounted and the sendcutsend.com aluminum will be here next week too!

installing new door struts

New decal came in. Paid $15 for a 12" decal, time to sticker the truck and tool boxes

Got them!

https://www.liftsupportsdepot.com/lift-supports-depot-sx0925p57e39-gas-charged-lift-support/

The trick for my setup is the closed length 6" I really don't want to have to weld on a complete plane. But I'll see how I can make these work. Is 35lbs enough? 

Has anyone found the door replacement struts? I'm looking for 8" expanded and 6" closed for my doors.

Dumb question, do you have an airspeed indicator on one of those glass panel? I really want to go clean and glass but also don't have a digital airspeed gauge just my Ifly system with ahrs. I know gs & as are both needed but I can't afford a g1000.

I don't, just have what ya see plus accessories to run

It is a ea81 subaru now but that will come off this week for a new to me Rotax 912.

I like that trailer.

Dash idea. Current old school dash, want to get updated an sexy. What's your dash look like?

Homemade trailer idea plans?

Thinking of building a rear tow trailer just for my plane. I have a flatbed but when the new bush wheels arrive it will not fit! Any ideas, photos plans?