My buddy Andre came over today to help me rivet the aft top skin. I got the honors of crawling into the tailcone to buck these rivets. I’m a pretty big guy (6’4″ and 235 lbs), so this was a pretty tight fit and I was pretty uncomfortable by the end. After knocking out all of the riveting, I also torqued and sealed the shoulder harness attach strap bolts. I didn’t want to have to climb back in here again if I could help it.
Here’s the finished product. The forward row of holes (where the clecos are still present) is left open since the forward skin also attaches here.
Later in the evening after everyone else had gone to bed, I drilled the outer cabin frame joint strip drilled to the aft channel. I need to make some spacers to temporarily fit between the forward and aft channels to ensure proper spacing.
