Mid Fuse Ribs & Bottom Skins 26-7-3, COM Antenna Doublers, Conduit Routing
Continuing with initial assembly of the mid fuselage, I clecoed all the bulkheads to the ribs, and then clecoed the two skins in place. Rear spar bulkhead clecoed to seat rib assemblies Rear seat ribs and aft bulkhead clecoed in place The fuselage is rapidly growing bigger Bottom skins clecoed to the mid fuse structure All holes lined up perfectly, confirming correct orientation of the parts Skin stiffener were then clecoed in place, again paying attention to the orientation of each stiffener according to the plans Right (copilot) side floor stiffeners Left (pilot) side floor stiffeners Right side rear seat ribs Left side rear seat ribs Right side baggage ribs Left side baggage ribs After clecoing everything in place, and verifying all holes that needed dimpling (which in essence includes all bottom flange holes of ribs, aft center section spar, and rear/aft spar bottom flange, except those rib and rear/aft spar holes that lie together), I took some time to think about COM antenna plac...