Installing the nutplates for the Aerosport switch pod was a bit of a challenge - the holes were very far forward inside the overhead console, and just not reachable with our hands - so we used a magnet to position them while watching with the borescope, managed to get them clecoed, then set them with CCR rivets:
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| Holding the nutplate in place with a magnet (on the outside) |
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| Clecoed nutplate inside the overhead console |
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| Riveted nutplates in the overhead console |
Because of how close those forward nutplates were to the cabin cover surface, I had to get shorter screws (MS32514-25) to secure the switch pod.
The screws attaching the center brace were a bit too long and hitting the wires, so I replaced the original AN509-10R30s with AN509-10R26/27s:
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| Center brace bar screws very close to the wires |
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| Shorter replacement brace bar screws |
It was then time to fit and trim the windows (we're using Cee Bailey's windows) - they immediately fit inside the joggle without any trimming (but with a variable gap around them):
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| Test-fitting the rear window |
I'll cover the actual window installation in a post about section 45 (section 43 only has you check them for fit and do a first trimming).
With this, section 43 is complete!
Total cabin cover rivets: 466
Total cabin cover time: 177.1h
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