Fitting the baggage bulkhead - 6 hours

 I still have a few rivets that I need to finish on the lower center part of the F-706 bulkhead. I was dragging my heels a bit on completing this task. It’s a tricky spot and in my head I was building it to be more difficult than it turned out. 

 

Now I am ready to complete the fitting of the Baggage bulkhead panels. I took some time to confirm everything is nice, square and level. Lots of checking and adjustment but I was finally able to commit to drilling all holes in the lower panel.

Now I need to fit the upper panel. First I need to trace the required radius. I drew the radius on AutoCAD, printed out a template and then traced the radius onto the upper bulkhead.

Once cut, I measured out the openings for the seat belt cables and drilled the holes. Then i flipped the bulkhead over and measured out all of the upper mounting holes. Took some time to finish the seat belt cable openings and other little details.

 

I then fitted the upper bulkhead to the assembly and drilled all mounting holes.