Alex's Vans RV-10 Build Log

Prior to closing out the baggage and rear seat floors, I gave a lot of thought to routing of wiring and cables that would need to pass from the tail cone forward toward the firewall.  As I don't currently have a full picture of the specific wiring that I will need to run, I decided to do what many other builders have done, and run several conduits under the floors through which I will later be able to fish wire bundles. I started planning the conduit runs by first making sure that any potential obstacles were accounted for. I also wanted to avoid cutting additional holes through the bulkheads wherever possible, and luckily there are several existing lightning holes through which conduits can pass. The storage bins I am installing in the baggage area make it difficult to run conduit down the central channels. There is, however, adequate space in the outboard channels Initial plan is to run 3 3/4" conduits down each side of the cabin, with two coming up through each rear seat fl...

While looking ahead in the plans, I decided to take care of assembling the rear seat backs. This is a quick and easy section that doesn't have any dependency on work done so far in previous sections. I began by by cutting the 1/8" and 1/16" 3/4"x3/4" angles to length. I then shaped the ends of the longer angles and rounded the apex of the shorter angles as outlined in the plans. Seat back angles cut to length and shaped as required. Hole positions were marked along two of the shorter angles that will nest at the top of the rear seat backs I then deburred the edges of the rear seat backs, and marked hole positions for drilling using measurements in the plans. With a 3D printed drill guide, I drilled 1/8" holes at the marked locations along both rear seat backs. I also used the drill guide to drill the 1/8" holes into the marked short angles that will attach to the top of the rear seat backs. Rear seat backs deburred and marked for hole drilling Using a ...