For the panel...I have been putting of cutting holes here for a while. I think the time is going to have to come soon to stat putting things in. Here is my current plan. The throttle and trim are not shown, but the will be on the bottom left (setup for flying English).
Does anyone have experience with the AV-30 vs. a Garmin G5? I can't decide which I prefer.
I have removed the fuel tank to install the components on the firewall. It needed to come out for the service bulletin on the straps on the b model anyways, so no real biggie. It will give me a chance to add a fitting to the top of the tank for an auxiliary tank, since I am planning to install one behind my seat. I have the fuel pump components as well. I am running 2 fuel pumps in parallel for redundancy. I am also running dual filters with one on the discharge of each pump. There are check valves built into the pumps and plenty of people flying this engine rely on that check valve to maintain pressure in the system. Personally, I think that is a bad idea, so I am running an external check valve on the discharge of each filter. A rough sketch of my fuel system diagram is below. The fuel pump setup is a little heavy (about 5-6 pounds total), but I think it will be robust and reliable. Considering fuel supply and delivery accounts for most engine failures I want to make sure I always have a good stable supply of fuel. I have been holding off assembling the fuel pumps until I'm not doing so much dusty fab work, I don't want to get garbage in my pumps.
Hangar space in my area is limited to say the least. I lucked into a hangar because the guys ahead of me couldn't fit and I got wind of the opening through my local EAA chapter. I went ahead and secured the spot in a shared hangar at 14A in Mooresville, NC about 20 minutes form home.