A big day! We got the baggage door final-drilled and riveted today:

1. Masked and painted a 5" x 6" area around the keyway of the lock on the inside of the outer door skin. (This is the section of the inside of the skin that will always be visible.

2. Prepped the tools and cockpit padding for the next steps. Added three clecoes to hold the inside skin to the door.

3. My friends Zac and Jim came over. Zac arranged the padding to suit him, while I taped the baggage door tightly into place on the fuselage. Zac climbed into the fuselage and somehow got himself into a suitable position.

4. I held the outside of the door while Zac drilled and clecoed the rest of the inside skin.

5. Zac climbed out and I removed the duct tape. Everything looked good so far, so I sent Zac home to take a break for a while.

6. I drilled and clecoed the rest of the holes Zac couldn't reach, then removed the clecoes and inner skin. Jim helped me deburr, dimple, and countersink the various parts.

7. Installed the lock assembly and lock pins.

8. Put a couple of blind rivets into the upper end of the inner skin to hold it in position.

9. Zac came back and squeezed into the belly of the beast again. I attached the baggage door again, and tightly re-taped it. Zac riveted as much of the door as he could reach, then climbed out while I pulled off the duct tape. The door still seems to fit well.

10. I blind-riveted the remaining holes in the door, and put the door back on. It actually didn't fit nearly as well this time. I will have to do some pushing and pulling to see if I can correct it a bit.

11. Found that the door support strip on the left side of the door opening was interfering with the plastic snap bushing and the left door rib, so I trimmed it and notched it. This solved the clearance issues, but not really the fit. (The door fits tightly if you push it to the right while you close it, so I'm hoping it will be fine once it's tightly locked.)