Owner assisted installs/Budget ideas?

[PeteMc]

11 hours ago, N201MKTurbo said:

I'm not sure if the license expires, and if it does, I don't know what to do to get it working again.  

Both the GROL and the RROP (what most pilots get) are good for your lifetime.  

[bcg]

I redid my panel at my last annual, it was a huge job. I've got a great relationship with my A&P/IA and they were willing to sign it off. It's really not all that complicated once you understand how it all interconnects, assuming you've got good technical aptitude. I'm mostly retired and like doing my own work mostly because it usually gets done faster than if I have to schedule someone else to do it and when scope creep pops up, and it always does with me, it's not really affecting someone else's schedule. It's also nice to know how everything works, I trust the airplane more now because I understand it all.

There are 2 issues though, the first is obviously finding someone willing to sign it off. The other issue though, is that some avionics are only available to authorized dealers. I put G5s and an GPS 175 in my plane, if I'd wanted to do GI275 or G500 and a GTN, it would have been more difficult to get the equipment and STCs.

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[Fly Boomer]

10 hours ago, bcg said:

I redid my panel at my last annual, it was a huge job.

The "before" pic is a "yikes", and the "after" pic is a "wow".  You have to be fearless in order to tackle something like that.

[bcg]

50 minutes ago, Fly Boomer said:

The "before" pic is a "yikes", and the "after" pic is a "wow".  You have to be fearless in order to tackle something like that.

It's easy to be fearless when you're doing the work in Dugosh's hangar. The stuff isn't actually all that complicated but, I knew if I did get completely lost I had the resources I needed to get it out back together.

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