Just Joined the Club!

Sounds like a lot of cool stuff!

Two things I think you might want to look at:

1. I’d put shoulder harnesses at the top of the list. Flying with lap belts only isn’t going to make you safe. I did a lot of research on Ercoupe crashes and some accidents seemed minor but with fatalities and others seemed major and the pilot walked away. The difference in shoulder harnesses. If you stop suddenly without shoulder harnesses you and the yoke are going to get together very quickly!

2. If you move the master switch to the panel, consider installing Alpha Aviation’s master battery relay. The original master switch in the coupe carries the full load of the battery. If you move it to the panel, you’ve got a long run of heavy, unprotected wire. The Alpha relay is only activated by the master grounding it. No hot wire, and the only load on the switch is to activate the relay. When the master is off, no 12vdc leaves the battery box.

Just a couple of safety suggestions.

Have fun.