28th January 2010

Center section riveting complete

Hours: 3.4 | Posted in Center Fuselage

Completed riveting the bottom skin to the center fuselage with Allison’s help; easy as pie.  Proceeded to flip the assembly right-side-up and attach the forward half of the 904 bulkhead, then cleco in the baggage and seat skins.  The baggage skins gave me some pause, as they didn’t want to fully align with the 905 bulkhead…starting from the center and working out solved the issue; there is a curve formed at the aft edge of the center fuselage, to match the forward bulkhead in the tailcone.  The bottom skin wants to pull the curve flat until the baggage skins are in place.

We should see the first iteration of the center-to-tailcone join this weekend.

Center fuselage bottom skin riveting underway Bottom skin riveting complete Center fuselage assembly riveted

Baggage & seat skins clecoed in place Baggage & seat skins in place

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