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Recommend you:
Install the oil shocks as opposed to the rubber
donouts for the main gears.
Install a Micro Encoder in the sixpack in the VSI
location. Has the Transponder Encoder as well as several other very handy
instruments and gadgets. Redundancy is included in this
device.
Affix your towbar on the right side of the
nosewheel well by the left foot of the passenger seat, clamped with a clip aft
and slide the connector into a pocket near the firewall.
Install an air vent in the vertical stab and run
the air forward to an airbox above and behind your head to blow on your neck and
head on those super hot days. Best accessory I have.
Install your hydraulic pump behind the passenger
seat, drop a wall down from the aft edge of the seatback. Creates a
little room where you can store oil funnel, extra oil etc. where the hydraulic
pump is located. Battery on the motor mounts or firewall if CG is a
problem ie if you have the short mounts. Mount boost pump in cockpit side of
firewall if possible to avoid heat soaking.
If you are going fuel injected, get an Airflow
Performance system. Price includes the boost pump and they are better than
the bendix system.
Get Lycon in Visalia CA to modify an IO320 B1A sump
for forward feed so you can mount your flow meter or carburator on the front and
directly ram the air into your engine.
For about 6 or 700 bucks you can get a Monroy ATD
which tells you if you are in the vicinity of other transponders and should
alert you to nearby traffic. Saved my bacon once in the Rocky
Mountains. Would think center would keep you informed? Not
necessarily so.
Install all warning lights, fuel pump lights etc
high on the panel so your peripheral vision will catch them as you are scanning
the sky. Move trim guages low; you only use them for takeoff the go by
feel after that.
When installing flex and hard lines; pay attention
to future service problems. ie can I remove this line and service it? etc.
You might want to run some lines under the seat pans or aft of seat pans or
raise seat pans a little for lines and not run all lines down through the
console.
Sectional maps are the same height as the center
console. make a vertical pocket wide enough for sectionals and thick
enough for three sectionals and your checklist. This pocket is on the
inside of the console next to your right leg. Open up the console and the
top of the sectionals are right there. Put the plane on auto pilot, select
the sectional and do your thing.
The fuel system in the plans use one pump for each
tank. With some forethought you can plumb your system so either or both
pumps can pump either or both wing tanks. Redundancy is something to
consider.
Determine the primary mission for your plane and
construct it accordingly. If speed is paramount keep it light, sparten and
simple. If cross country and comfort is your thing than you have many more
options and weight is not as important.
These are a few things to consider without getting
into a lot more detail. and are things I have enjoyed in my bird.
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