Title: Baggage bulkhead, tunnel cover, & fwd side panels
Installed all the nut plates for the aft baggage bulkheads. I've been using oops rivets to install nut plates, but the F-706 frame is only .025" so I ended up dimpling them, as well as the 18 or so nut plates around the perimeter. I did go ahead and use countersunk oops rivets for the 3 nut plates through the F728A bellcrank channel. Dimpling all that stuff took forever, but it turned out nice. The tunnel cover holes common to the baggage floor/ribs seem to be slightly mislocated fwd by about 1/16". I thought that this might be an issue after a trial fit last night. I had looked around on VAF and several other people had the same issue. The suggestion on that front was to re-bend the aft flange, and then slot the 2 holes in the vertical flange common to the baggage bulkhead since that would cause them to be off. I don't have a decent break here at home, so I'm not confident I could flatten this thing out and rebend it with decent results. I tried slipping the vertical flange behind the bulkhead, instead of in front of it, and that gained enough to make it fit, but it still wasn't quite right, and if I put it together that way, it means that I can't get the tunnel cover off without first removing the lower aft baggage bulkhead, which seems like a hassle. I called Vans to see what they suggested and Sterling said it's not structural so just go ahead and oblong the holes to make it fit. I'm not thrilled with how this turned out, so I may just remake this from scratch at some point. Fit the fwd baggage side panels, including trimming the top, priming, installing all nut plates, and fabricating the optional tie down ring storage on the pilot side. I accomplished this by drilling and tapping a piece of 1/4" bar I had laying around, then match drilling and riveting it inside the upper surface of the L/H fwd baggage side cover per the suggestion on print 29.


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