Note 7 - Notes Payable - Related Parties - Related Party Debt (Details) - USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2017	Sep. 30, 2016
Less current portion pertaining to continuing operations	$ 848,889	$ 412,720
	14,936,127	14,862,451
Affiliated Entity [Member]
Note payable	15,785,016	15,275,171
Affiliated Entity [Member] \| Note Payable to NFC III LLC [Member]
Note payable	1,356,819	1,356,819
Affiliated Entity [Member] \| Note Payable to SIII Associates Limited Partnership Dated November 8, 2013 [Member]
Note payable	1,341,755	1,341,755
Affiliated Entity [Member] \| Still Associates Limited Partnership [Member]
Note payable	100,000	100,000
Affiliated Entity [Member] \| Note Payable to SV Associates Limited Partnership Dated January 9, 2014 [Member]
Note payable	119,500	119,500
Affiliated Entity [Member] \| Note Payable to Craigmore Machinery Company Dated August 12, 2014 [Member]
Note payable	558,712	556,212
Affiliated Entity [Member] \| Promissory Notes Payable to Gary Shapiro [Member]
Note payable	205,000	205,000
Affiliated Entity [Member] \| Note Payable to Craigmore DB Dated November 9, 2015 [Member]
Note payable	186,000	165,000
Affiliated Entity [Member] \| Note Payable to Tropico Equity Partners LLC Dated February 3, 2014 [Member]
Note payable	68,161	68,161
Affiliated Entity [Member] \| Note Payable to Tropico Management LP Dated Oct 31 2014 [Member]
Note payable	10,606	10,606
Affiliated Entity [Member] \| Promissory Notes Payable to SF Next Gen [Member]
Note payable	192,000	180,000
Affiliated Entity [Member] \| Note Payable to Banyan Capital Finance Dated March 12, 2014 [Member]
Note payable	23,000	23,000
Affiliated Entity [Member] \| Note Payable to Colleen Stacy Shapiro 2007 Trust April 23, 2014 [Member]
Note payable	160,000	160,000
Affiliated Entity [Member] \| Colleen Stacy Shaprio 2007 Trust Dated November 4, 2014 [Member]
Note payable	20,000	20,000
Affiliated Entity [Member] \| Note Payable to Rachel E Shapiro Trust Dated February 14, 2014 [Member]
Note payable	51,500	51,500
Affiliated Entity [Member] \| Note Payable to Shapiro Family Trust Dated July 10, 2013 [Member]
Note payable	180,000	150,000
Affiliated Entity [Member] \| Subordinated Promissory Note Payable to The Shapiro Family D1 Trust April 29, 2014 [Member]
Note payable	400,000	400,000
Affiliated Entity [Member] \| Convertible Promissory Note Dated February 6, 2015 [Member]
Note payable	2,919,525	2,834,294
Affiliated Entity [Member] \| Convertible Promissory Note Dated January 28, 2016 [Member]
Note payable	4,666,155	4,666,155
Affiliated Entity [Member] \| Promissory Note Dated January 28, 2016 [Member]
Note payable	2,242,206	2,282,746
Affiliated Entity [Member] \| Promissory Note Dated February 3, 2011 [Member]
Note payable	8,720	34,423
Affiliated Entity [Member] \| Promissory Note Dated April 26, 2016 [Member]
Note payable	400,000	400,000
Affiliated Entity [Member] \| Short-term Advance [Member]
Note payable		150,000
Affiliated Entity [Member] \| Promissory Note Dated May 12, 2017 [Member]
Note payable	$ 575,357

Bulova Technologies Group, Inc. 10-Q/A