Brief Description: Prepping for aft top skin attachment
Today was all about getting the back of the airplane ready for the permenant attachment of the aft top fuselage skin. Mitchel promised to help me rivet it on tonight so I have to get everything ready. - -Riveted the home-made tie down ring nutplates on the gussets the attach to F807. -Fabricated 4 clips to hole the static line to the left longeron (these will be riveted when the aft top skin is attached). -Layed out and cut 3/4" plywood temporary floor boards to lay on during riveting - per the plans. This took some trial and error due to some of the brackets I have added back there. -Removed the elevator idler. -Next I cleco'd the aft top skin place. Sydney came out and helped. She cleco'd the rear should harness brackets and the static line clips while I was inside the fuselage holding them in place. - thanks Syd!
Top pic is tie down ring storage (one shown) bottom is floorboards fitted.
Statis line clips. Note they are still 'open' until they are riveted and then I can bend them closed.
