Night, acro, and IFR options?

[compjtc]

Hey all,

For the last several years I've been doing casual research into a build project and have amassed a small collection of plans. For a variety of reasons, I'm getting more antsy to get a project going.

I'm looking for suggestions on a design that meets my most typical flight, which is flying <100 miles with my wife for dinner somewhere. This mission brings some characteristics:

• 2 people
• Ability to fly at night, as it's often dark by the time we return.
• A canopy or enclosed cockpit. I'm not motivated to do open cockpit in Iowa.
• I've enjoyed learning some basic acro and would want something acro capable.
• It'd be great to have something IFR legal. I'm not talking hours of hard IMC, but the ability to legally pop through a layer of overcast if needed.

I've had my heart set on a biplane. I'm not sure why, I'm just always attracted to them. But now that I've pinpointed the mission a little more I'm second guessing.

Which models would you guys be looking at for this mission?

 

[NDTOO]

 

[smizo]

 

[grassroots]

 

[smizo]

 

[Knight Twister]

 

[DC_Wolfe]

 

[bneub]

 

[jetsareforkids]

 

[ndlakesdreamer]

 

[TFF1]

 

[LauraJ]

 

[EAABipe40FF]

 

[EAABipe40FF]

 

[compjtc]

 

[smizo]

 

[compjtc]

 

[smizo]

 

[EAABipe40FF]

 

[Yankandbank]