22 OCT 15: Page 33-4 steps 7-10, page 33-5 steps 1-2, page 38-2 step 6:  5 hours

Dimpled the holes in the F-1024 seat floors and associated under structure.  Dimpled the holes in the baggage floors.  Riveted the brake pedal assemblies together:

Riveted the access plate doublers to the floors.  These access plates will make it possible to get to the step bolts:

Cover plate installed:

  

23 OCT 15: Page 33-5 steps 3-11, page 34-4 steps 3, 5:  3.75 hours

Dimpled the F-1022 baggage floors, understructure, and stiffeners.  Riveted stiffeners to the F-1022A-L/R baggage floors:

Dimpled the baggage door parts.  Unfortunately, I’ll have to do this part over.  I assume my dimpling in the frame was insufficient.  When I riveted the frame to the door, most of the dimples cracked.  I ordered new frame pieces from Van’s.  Should be a relatively quick replacement.

27 OCT 15: Conduit / Sound proofing install in rear floors:  4 hours

Installed soundproofing under the rear floors in prep for riveting the baggage and rear floors.  Made a couple tabs to hold the wiring conduit as it runs through the baggage bulkhead lightening holes:

Soundproofing installed with the conduit run through the rear seat floors:

28 OCT 15: Page 33-6 step 2, 33-7 1-4, 33-8 1-7, 33-9 1-3:  8 hours

Riveted the F-1024 seat floors and the F-1022A baggage floors.  Riveting the inboard flange nutplates:

Baggage floors riveted in:

Match-drilled the F-1080 right baggage cover and F-1006F lower baggage bulkhead corrugation. 

29 OCT 15: Page 33-9 steps 4-8, page 35-2 steps 1-2, page 35-3 step 3, 42-4 3-6:  5 hours

Match-drilled the F-1006E upper baggage bulkhead corrugation.  Final-drilled all the holes in the F1016C-L/R floor pans.  Due to the extreme difficulty of inserting and removing the floors, and the fact that all the floor ribs are already drilled and dimpled, I decided to just final-drill the floor holes while uninstalled and only install the floors once when it is time to rivet them in place.  Match-drilled the F-1034F seat back brace closeout to the F-1034B seat back brace.  Riveted the rear seat frames together, cut and bent the seat hinge pins, and installed the seat backs.  Really cool to see the fuselage taking shape!

30 OCT 15: Page 35-3 step 5-6, 35-4 1, 35-5 1-2, 5-6, 35-6 1-2, 35-7 3-4 35-10 1, Prekote, Prime:    5 hours

Final drilled all the remaining interior covers in prep for priming.  Last big batch of priming for the entire airframe:

Had some primer left over, so I decided to knock out one of my favorite tasks – and one that I have put off for some time; priming the inside of the control tubing.  An annoying, but necessary task:

Amazing to think that this is the only metal in the entire airframe that I haven’t primed!