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After getting all of the bulkheads assembled, I figured it would be fun to cleco the bottom tail skin to the F-711 and F-712 bulkheads. Well, it’s not that fun. Following the advice on other builder sites, I carefully bent the tabs to match the contour of the skin. That helped quite a bit, but it’s still a tough fit. That is a really thick skin, and it’s not quite curved enough.
And then for some real fun, I got out the bottom aft bulkhead skin and clecoed on the F-708 and F-707 bulkheads. It’s a bit of a trick to get the built-in J-channels on the bottom skin into the slots on the bulkheads. Once I got that figured out and was clecoing thing together, I figured out that I didn’t flute the bottom of the F-707 bulkhead. It’s not sitting on there very well, so fluting is definitely indicated.
That’s where I quit for the night.
The replacement seat ribs showed up from Van’s, so I should go back and work on the center section a bit more. I’d like to get the seat and baggage ribs deburred so I can prime them outdoors before winter really sets in. Hopefully then I won’t have to prime anything major for a while.