This turned out nice so I thought I would share.

Any guesses what 70’s IFR panel weighs?

Less the following: VSI, ASI, altimeter, turn coordinator all remained….

Perfect. Good work dude! What’re those things on far left?

asa wrote:Perfect. Good work dude! What’re those things on far left?

Thanks asa.
Chronometer, Aerospace Logic fuel gauge.
New CiES fuel senders with new Monarch main tanks feed the gauge.
I wanted isolated fuel info separate from JPI 930.

Firewall forward all refreshed also.

Nice!

Nice job! What did you do on the lower panel? Is that an overlay or fabricated replacement. I find that to be the hardest part to decide. One big panel would be nice but a ton of work to remove the thr,pr,mix cables and make holes for ALL those switches.

frstnflt wrote:Nice job! What did you do on the lower panel? Is that an overlay or fabricated replacement. I find that to be the hardest part to decide. One big panel would be nice but a ton of work to remove the thr,pr,mix cables and make holes for ALL those switches.

It is an aluminum overlay which is a fabricated replacement.
All the plastic has been removed.
Needed to be done after spending what I did on the rest of it. Another 10% brought it home. Glove box door remade in the same aluminum.

Update

Beautiful work!

Guess the removed 70’s IFR panel weight?

skyward II wrote:Guess the removed 70’s IFR panel weight?

No idea...shot in the dark...32 pounds!

WWhunter wrote:

skyward II wrote:Guess the removed 70’s IFR panel weight?

No idea...shot in the dark...32 pounds!

Great guess. 52 lbs including vacuum pump. It’s a heavy box.

Should help a bit with weight forward CG without passengers.

Very nice, very functional.

Kurt

skyward II wrote:

WWhunter wrote:

skyward II wrote:Guess the removed 70’s IFR panel weight?

No idea...shot in the dark...32 pounds!

Great guess. 52 lbs including vacuum pump. It’s a heavy box.

Should help a bit with weight forward CG without passengers.

How much did/does all of the new stuff weigh?

I did not weigh the new parts and wire. I’m assuming I saved 30 lbs plus between the firewall and panel. Added servos in the tail are less than 10 lbs.
We did a new weight (weighed with scales) and balance once it was ready to fly.

You’re killing me Smalls. Really nice. I wish I could do that, but first up will be a FWF - over 1500 on my O470 with no problems, but …….

Simie580 wrote:You’re killing me Smalls. Really nice. I wish I could do that, but first up will be a FWF - over 1500 on my O470 with no problems, but …….

Hey, you only need one kidney, right? Life is short….

This aircraft was hangared in 1984 until I bought it in 2020. It had 485 hours on factory zero time engine and now 1 hour on IRAN so all good on that front. 2,7XX AFTT.

It’s been a 2 1/2 year journey.

Now all clear to finish up 170. Wings on this past week.

Yes, I’m crazy….

Keeping or selling? What a great project!

MooseMeat wrote:Keeping or selling? What a great project!

The 170?