35 - Access Covers and Floor Panels - finishing up

One thing I had postponed for a short while was attaching nutplates along the longerons that will hold the rear seat cover panels in place. Most of these were easy to attach using the pneumatic squeezer, except for those at each end where space was tight due to bulkheads. Those rivets that couldn't be set with the Main Squeeze hand squeezer, were instead set using Knipex pliers which easily set the -3 rivets.

Also using single lug nutplates closest to the bulkheads made squeezing the attach rivets much easier.

Nutplates attached to the left longeron

Nutplates attached to the right longeron

Dates:    September 15 2026