I riveted the tie down bracket to the F712 bulkhead. I'm not sure if I was supposed to do this now or later. I kind of think later but it was easier to do it now. I also debated whether to rivet the F711 and F712 bulkheads to the tailcone skin now or after the tailcone was clecoed to the aft fuselage. I remember how much trouble I had initially trying to fit the tailcone with the 2 bulkheads in place first. Oh well, I think with everything dimpled and prepped that it will go together easier now as an assembled unit so,,,to make riveting easier I decided to rivet the F711 and F712 bulkheads to the tailcone skin before clecoing the tailcone to the aft fuselage. As it turned out, this worked fine. I was able to cleco the aft fuselage together and then fit the assembled tailcone without any of the alignment problems that I had earlier. The aft fuselage is ready to be riveted! Another milestone!
Tailcone riveted
Aft fuselage clecoed together and ready to be riveted
