Tonight, I fabbed up a bunch of stiffeners that will give support to the baggage floor. These had to be cut from larger piece of
Category: Fuselage
Starting the steps, and they’re done!
This is now the fastest section of the plans yet. I began the steps section tonight. They were actually supposed to be done quite a
Step Access Panels
Tonight I installed the access panels I talked about yesterday. These are simple repurposed stall access panels right from Vans. I lined them up to
Deburring
Tonight, I got all the baggage area parts (up to this point) deburred.
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
Parts Primed
Just got all the baggage area parts primed up.
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
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
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 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