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Hi William,

 

Congratulations on getting close to finishing your Legacy! 

 

I put my oxygen bottle behind the copilot seat back, against the fuselage skin.  This has several advantages:

 

1.  It's easy to remove the oxygen bottle to save weight if I won't need it for a flight.

2.  It's easy to remove it to fill it.

3.  I can read the pressure gauge and turn the valve on and off in flight.

4.  It requires no remote valves or gauges.

 

The disadvantage is that some people would consider it a little ugly, sitting there in plain sight.  However, I went with a sort of military/functional interior, instead of the always popular New Orleans bordello look, so IMO it complements that theme. (Insert smiley here.)

 

A photo of the installation is attached.  As you might be able to see under all that protective plastic wrap, I bonded mounts for the stainless steel strap that keeps the bottle tight against the fuselage.  I made a "cup holder" bonded to the fuselage floor that keeps the base of the bottle from sliding around.  The stainless strap keeps it from lifting up and so long as the base of the bottle is in the cup holder, the bottle can't move.  In almost 500 hours of flight, I haven't had any problems with it.

 

Another photo is attached showing the bracket to hold the stainless strap, shown at the far right of the photo.

 

Like you, I didn't install the baggage floor.  To keep stuff from sliding forward under the seats and to protect the hydraulic and electrical lines under the seats, I made seat backs with integral storage.  The second photo also shows that.

 

Good luck,

Dennis

Legacy closing in on 500 hours tach time.