Fiberglas engine plenum (no high temperature problems – oil or cylinders)
Airframe
Beringer Wheels, Brakes, and Anti-skid control
Flyboys light weight tailwheel
Doug Bell tailwheel fork
Flyboys tailwheel steering link
AeroLED Aerosun leading edge Wig-Wag recognition, taxi and landing lights
AeroLED AerosunVX wingtip Wig-Wag recognition, taxi and landing lights
AeroLED Pulsar wingtip and Suntail tail strobe/navigation lights
JDAir “hidden” canopy latch
Garmin GAP26 heated pitot/AOA
Conant low drag antennae
Sherwin-Williams Acryl-Glow paint
Light weight canopy rain cover
Instrumentation
Two Garmin G3X 10” Touch Screens
Garmin GTN625 TSO’d GPS Navigator
Electric pitch and roll trim
Garmin 305 Autopilot (pitch and roll)
Garmin GTR-200B dual channel Bluetooth radio
Garmin dual frequency ADSB in and out
Garmin GTX23-ES remote transponder
Two Garmin GSU25 ADAHRS
Garmin GE24 Engine Analyser
Garmin GDL 39R ADSB Receiver
Garmin GDL 82 ADSB Transmitter
Custom Annunciator Panel with low oil pressure, strobe off, flaps down, canopy lock, fuel boost pump and seat heater status lights
12 volt socket on panel
TWC 6 amp/hr instrument backup battery
Cockpit
Tinted Canopy – 59% transmission
Koger adjustable sunshade
Leather Seats
Heated Seats – Two level individual controls
Hooker harnesses
Dual controls (brakes & sticks)
Control Stick Switches: a. Autopilot b. Frequency flip/flop c. TOGA d. Radio Mike e. Pitch & Roll Trim
Andair fuel selector switch
425 Liter Oxygen Supply with between seat canula outlets
Between seat handheld radio storage compartment
Two instrument cooling and canopy defogging fans
Footwell and baggage area LED lighting
ACK Model E-04 ELT
Documentation
Full construction and maintenance logs
75 page Operating Handbook
24”x36” Steinair instrument wiring diagram
Full set of 24×36” Vans construction drawings
Performance
1800 fpm climb at full gross weight
206.7 mph average groundspeed at 8,000 ft and 200 lbs below gross wt
Misc. tools, parts and fittings if desired
Photos
Note the pilot and PAX sunglass holdersNoise cancelling headsets plug in by pilot and PAX knees.Leather armrests are nice. Yaesu/Vertec handheld transceiver is between seats; the box cover swings forward.Oxygen bottle holds 425 liters. Adjustable regulator releases 1/4 liter per hour or more as set. Green paint protector on baggage floor is used when removing or reinstalling engine cowl.
Recently I became interested in creating videos with Power Director software while starting to code a flight simulator version of the Garmin G3X instrument. Coincidentally, Dolly has a very nice camera tripod. I took it to airport and captured the following video on my iPhone. Click on the photo below to watch the video on Youtube.
For two months I’ve been using spare time to code a Garmin G3X display instrument for the flight simulator community.
The G3X system is for both experimental and certified aircraft. It includes the GDU460, a ten inch touch screen multi page display shown above. Our plane (N50KB) has two on its instrument panel.
I have initially focused on coding the five engine instrument panels. Click on the image below to see a video of progress to date.