Alex's Vans RV-10 Build Log

Continuing on with riveting the baggage area together, I first riveted nutplates onto the Upper Baggage Door Seal Channel. I used blind rivets for one of the attach holes on each nutplate due to those being impossible to reach with a bucking bar. I was able to use the pneumatic squeezer on the other attach holes. Nutplates riveted to the door seal channel Blind rivets used where it is impossible to reach with a standard bucking bar Next it was time to rivet both baggage floors in place. Feeling confident that the conduit runs and under floor electrical runs were adequate for my needs, I clecoed both the baggage floors and rear seat floors into place, along with the bottom rear seat back hinge, and then began pulling CS4-4 rivets Ready to final rivet the baggage floors into place Pulling blind rivets was easy (left baggage floor). I just had to make sure that the rivet puller was tight against and inline with the head of the rivet prior to starting the pull  After completing the bli...

Prior to priming the baggage area parts, I had considered working on the rear baggage bulkhead, but decided it was better to continue this after baggage floors were riveted in place.  Therefore other than deburring the edges of these bulkheads, I then put them aside. Baggage bulkheads deburred and set aside for revisiting at a later time Next I primed all the finished baggage area pieces, and began riveting them together.  Baggage area parts labeled and primed Storage bins and rear seat floors primed Baggage floors primed I started by riveting together the storage bins following the Sky Design plans. These went together very easily, mostly with the pneumatic squeezer. Storage bin parts laid out for riveting. I decided to prime the interior of the bins with Kirker 2K EnduroPrime for additional durability and strength Hinges were riveted to the interior of the bins first, followed by the bin corners and the lid latches Storage bin riveting complete. I did file down the notches f...