Last of the Transfers…

As I mentioned, there were some “bush” goodies that easily transferred over from the C170 to the C180.

We’ve pretty much got everything over thus far with today’s project being the Great Lakes Aero 4″ bubble windows and BAS Harnesses.

The windows were pretty easy with the hardest part being drilling out the rivets.  The bigger pain was the removal and then re-install of the BAS harness.

As with all the vendors we have been dealing with, Jim at BAS was super cool with the transfer of the STC from the C170 to the C180.  He just supplied us with a “permission letter” to use the P/N in the new airplane.  He also sent along new brackets in case the rivets in the carry-thru did not match up.  Of course they didn’t, so we were real glad he had the foresight to send em along.  I’ll keep the old ones with the Cessna 170 and give them to the new owner to make it that much easier in case they want to put them back in.

Every time bubble windows get mentioned, all sorts of folks chime in with their opinions.  For me, I think they are awesome and couldn’t imagine having the new C180 w/out them.  It was an easy decision and worth the time swapping them over.

Since I like to have both a tach and a Hobbs, we quickly popped one in as well.