At least the baggage area portion of the plans. I put in some insulation behind the side wall and riveted it in place. I also
Finishing up the baggage area
Author: Ed
Priming
Spent a few hours priming the baggage door parts and remaining baggage area parts.
Landscaping
This has nothing to do with airplanes, other than it caused me to not work on the plane for over a week! Colleen has some
Baggage Door 1
The baggage door is a pretty simple structure. It’s a c channel frame sandwiched by two aluminum skins. So tonight, I was able to get
Baggage Area Walls
Again, another pretty straight forward day. Today, I riveted in place parts of the frame around the baggage door opening, and a side wall panel.
Baggage Area Riveting
Today, I got the baggage area floor parts riveted together, then the floors riveted into the plane. The only gotcha I found was that I
Under floor stuff
Tonight, I installed some sound and heat insulation under the rear seats and baggage area floors. I also fastened the wiring conduit securely to the
Comm Antenna Mounts Mounted
I had previously build doublers to strengthen the belly skin when the communication antennas are going to mount. Tonight, I got everything match drilled for
Parts Primed
Just got all the baggage area parts primed up.
Dimpling
All the baggage area parts were dimpled tonight. This section has some of the most detailed instructions on dimpling, as many parts have lots of