Overhead Lighting Layout

With my cowling 99% finished and all pumped up after a vigorous workout, I decided to tackle the cabin lighting. You would think something light cabin lighting would be a simple en devour.  The concept hasn't really changed much and most of us did night flights in training with a red post light, or maybe a flashlight that can alternate between red and white. There however are a mess of choices and custom setups out there. I decided to keep it simple and go with two red, two white and a headset hanger.

I've had the parts for a bit, the inserts came with my Aerosport overhead and I picked up some lights from PilotLights.net. They have a lot of choices out there and I picked some red eyeball lights for the front and back and some low profile white lights for the mid cabin area.  These will eventually be wired up to a rheostat and I have switches for each light.  Once the placement was worked through it was a matter of drilling/cutting out some holes and test fitting. Once I was happy with it all I prepped the blanks for paint and started the process. Just did the standard priming, color top coat and low luster clear.

Don't have a picture of them panels installed yet, so a crooked picture on my garage floor will have to do.  These should work out great, they look nice and serve the function of lighting.