Tail Cone 10-20-4 to 10-20-7, Static Ports
The end of tail cone bottom and side skin riveting is in sight! Focusing now on the bottom skin, I back riveted the bulkhead flanges to the skin. On the F-1007 flange, there are two rivets that sit behind the stiffeners, so these cannot be back riveted. I'll buck those later with some help. F-1008 bulkhead fully riveted to the bottom skin (background) and F-1007 bulkhead rivets taped in place and ready to be set Taking a quick break from riveting, I marked and final drilled the locations for the static line attachment brackets to the F-1047-B Left stiffener. The brackets are now ready for priming, and will be primed alongside the aft top skin. Bracket positioned, clamped and ready for drilling Brackets drilled, clecoed and labeled Next I continued backriveting the bulkheads to the forward bottom skin. These were mostly straightforward. There was only one rivet I had to drill out that was close to the stiffener and caught the edge of the rivet set while backriveting. F-1008 bulkhe