Mid-fuselage bulkheads started

The fuselage starts with the center bulkhead, doing lots of drilling:

Forward center section bulkhead parts match-drilled
then also drilling into the steel landing gear mounts:

Forward center section bulkheads with landing gear attachments

Drilled and bolted landing gear attachments
I had to significantly enlarge some holes for snap bushings where the rudder cables run  (it looks too close to the edge, but it's what Van's says to do...):

Snap bushing holes on center and side forward center bulkheads
and finally, a bunch of countersinking for flush rivets and screws:

Countersunk screw and nutplate rivet holes on the side bulkheads

Countersunk nutplate rivet holes on the mid seat rail supports

This was only the first part (the center section) and there are 3 more (the other half of the center section, the rear spar bulkhead and the fuselage bulkhead), so there's still a lot more drilling and countersinking to do.

Time lapse:



Total mid-fuselage bulkhead rivets: 0
Total mid-fuselage bulkhead time: 8.8h

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