As far as I can foresee all tasks are finished to permanently install the baggage floor and bulkhead.
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Category: Rear fuselage
GMU11 conduit
The routing of the cable for the Garmin GMU11 magnetometer is not mentioned in the construction manual. Since the floor of the baggage compartment isn’t installed yet it’s best to install the conduit for the GMU11 now.
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Removable steps
In the recent days work was done to make the steps removable for maintenance purposes.
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RF miscellaneous
Some miscellaneous tasks were performed on the rear fuselage.
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Middle top skin (#$@!%)
Since the middle top skin is perfectly in place I wanted to flute the skin and flanges of rib to that the arch skin is flush.
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Rivet RF rear top skin
Finally time to rivet the rear top skin in place.
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Preparation for RF rear top skin installation
Before closing the RF by installing the rear top skin some minor tasks needed to be completed.
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Static ports
There is quite some discussion regarding the location and accuracy of the static ports of Sling aircrafts. This post is regarding some background information and my installation of the static ports in the recent days.
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Rear fuselage inspection panel doublers
Just like I did with the wings I designed and machined 2 doublers for the inspection panels in the rear fuselage, these will give some extra strength.
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RF top skin and doublers
Preparing the top skin for paint and designing and fabricating the doublers.
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