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Comment by Mark Maltais on November 25, 2013 at 5:33pm

Thanks James.

Normand.. not really limiting but the small flying club I belong to here  doesn't have any lights unless I use the big airport in town which is a pain, with insane rip-off costs!!!  My small flying club out of town, 15 minutes from my house (Kakabeka Falls Flying Club, check out our new website (still under construction) here if anybody is curious... www.kffc.ca ) costs me a whopping 100$ a year to be a member which includes a tie-down spot.  In the summer we have over 16 hours of daylight here so night flying is not a must have.  We pay for that in the winter though LOL, but unless I install skies (might still do that) I can't use the airfield either because it's not cleared of snow, although some members pack down the strip with snow machines. 

I have full external lights (NAV, strobes and landing lights with wig-wags) on the plane and probably would just need to add an LED strip along the hood and be good to go, just don't see the need... yet! :D

Comment by James Cameron on November 25, 2013 at 1:06pm

Mark, keep it up.  I still check in on your build log regularly and it really helps me out.

Comment by Normand Lambert on November 25, 2013 at 8:15am

Hi Mark,

why limit yourself to day VFR only ? Mine is VFR day/Night...not much to it. Check the RAC for what you need added to your panel. Gives you 24/7 access to the sky ...Provided it is VFR !

Nice panel  BTW.

Regards,

Norm

CH701

Comment by Mark Maltais on November 24, 2013 at 7:53am

Thanks guys, I can actually see an end in sight at this stage! :)

Steven, I looked at some software, but the "free" software wasn't that good and the ones you can buy are insanely priced. I went through three redesigns, mostly due to avionics upgrades so I went the "sub-panel" route so future upgrades will be easier. I have an extra panel blank from Zen that I use for trials with paper cutouts. I also have to keep telling myself that this thing is suppose to be a nice day VFR only toy and to slow down on the gear! :D

Comment by Bob McDonald on November 24, 2013 at 6:29am

good looking panel, nice work I like the lay out

Comment by Tim Smart on November 24, 2013 at 4:24am

Good looking panel

Comment by Steven Ward on November 24, 2013 at 1:56am

Mark, that looks really nice! Did you use any software in your design?