AC instructions show hoses running down the copilot side. That should work, but I need to figure out how to get them through the baggage area and through the baggage bulkhead. This will require cutting two 1.125” holes in the fuselage former. I planned out a doubler for this former out of 0.032”. Decided to reinforce the face of the former and wrap it around to river to the skin too. This should allow me to minimize the edge distance for the AC holes and reduce the loss of baggage space.

Will also need to figure out modifications to the baggage area cover on the copilot side. I will either change the angle of the whole cover plate or just fabricate a little cover out of aluminum or fiverglasss to cover the hoses.

Mocked up a little cardboard piece to see what a cover might look like. I think it will work well.

12/28: got some better poster board to continue refining the cover plate. It will need to extend all the way under the bulkhead closure panel which will change the angle a bit. Used the olde baggage closure panel and it cut to where I think it would need to be to maintain screw spacing and edge distances. Gives me a good feel for the cover plate and then I can transfer the marks to the new baggage closure panel that Airflow Performance provided.

Thinking now about making it all removable. Would just need nut plates to the longeron and in the baggage floor.

12/30: spending about a 10:1 ratio of thinking time to doing time on this. Finally made a cut in the baggage area side cover plate. It will get covered with the new plate I have yet to fabricate. If it's going to be removable, a couple of the existing holes are too close to stiffeners or ribs so I cosmetically filled them with JB weld and will drill new holes for #8 screws. Cut the AC bulkhead and match drilled the holes based on the original bulkhead. Coming together slowly.

1/2: bent the aluminum version of the cover plate and it came out good on the first try. Went ahead and drilled the holes to the baggage floor and to the longeron. Found that I was able to tap the holes in the longeron for #8 screws.

1/3: drilled out the holes in the skin that coincide with the stiffener I'm putting in. Then match drilled and dimpled the hole in the stiffener. Then laid out the holes from the stiffener to the baggage bulkhead and drilled the two large holes for the AC lines. Will still add some mounts and zip ties to secure everything but so far it seems to all fit pretty well and as planned.