We removed the cabin cover for the last time to finish it up.
There was a pretty big gap between the cabin cover and the overhead console (about 1/4") - I sanded the cabin cover surface a bunch to reduce it, but it became clear that there was no way I was going to close the gap fully without making the fiberglass pretty thin (or getting to the foam core), so instead we built up a "shim" down from the cabin cover to meet the console:
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| Gap between the cabin cover and overhead console |
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| Laying up fiberglass shim for the overhead console |
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| Overhead console in place to form shim |
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| Overhead console shim after curing |
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| No more gap between the cabin cover and overhead console |
With that, I finished drilling the overhead console to attach it (when we previously detected the gap, we had only made a couple of holes - just enough to keep it in place but not enough for the attachment later):
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| Overhead console clecoed in place |
I also made holes for running wires between the console and the switch pod:
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| Wiring holes on the overhead console |
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| Wiring holes with the switch pod in place |
I also attached the ventilation flanges for the overhead console, and riveted the baggage bulkhead channel to the top bulkhead - this may make it a bit harder to rivet the tailcone top skin later, but I didn't really have a choice due to the ordering of attachments:
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| Overhead ventilation flanges riveted in place |
Finally, I started sanding the uncovered parts of the cabin cover, but that's one large exercise in patience, so there's a lot more to do there.
Time lapse:
Total cabin cover rivets: 64
Total cabin cover time: 77h
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