Section 20, center bulkhead, was completed today by first attaching the skin attach flanges to the bottom of the bulkhead. The aft bulkhead and side bulkhead were then riveted and then skin stiffeners added.
It was then on to start section 21 which has quite a few pages so will take some time to complete this section. I started by dimpling the baggage floors as per plans. The baggage floors were then riveted to the bulkhead. This ended up being a little tricky as the rivets were very close to the baggage floor. I ended up having to gently bend the baggage floor out of the way in order to be able to place the squeezer over the rivet. The ones on the ends were the hardest because of the angle of the squeezer, but I was able to get them done with a little help from N.
The baggage ribs were then prepared and the ones in the middle were dimpled to match the baggage floor. The ribs were then clecoed in place. Riveting will have to wait for another day.
Time: 2.5 hrs.
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| Skin attach flanges |
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| Aft bulkhead riveted to center section |
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| Aft bulkhead riveted to center section |
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| Skin Stiffeners |
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| Skin stiffeners |
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| Dimple baggage floor |
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| Clecoing baggage ribs |
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| Rivets ready for pulling baggage floor |
Tolman,
ReplyDeleteI enjoy looking at your blog. This looks like quite the process. It will be beautiful when it it done. Awesome!