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Lower cowling hinges drilled and clecoed in place.
Right side skin dimpled.
Right side skin with stiffeners partially riveted in place.
Right side skin clecoed in place.
Right side skin clecoed in place.
Both side skins clecoed in place.
Both side skins clecoed in place.
Left side skin riveted.
Left side skin riveted.
Right side skin riveted.
Right side skin riveted.
Left side skin sealed to firewall.
Yours truly with the fuselage-in-progress…
Cowl attach plates mounted to the firewall and their respective (though unseen here) cowling hinge shims.
Cowl attach hinges underway. These will be the vertical hinges along each side of the lower cowl’s rear edges.
Cover panels and nutplates riveted.
Battery box priming underway.
Forward and mid fuselage lower structure overlap area primed.
Battery box riveted to firewall.
Forward and mid fuselage lower structures clecoed together.
Forward and mid fuselage lower structures clecoed together.
Yours truly with the work-in-progress.
Tunnel sides riveted to muffler shroud ramp and cover bases riveted to forward bottom skins.
Tunnel sides riveted to muffler shroud ramp and cover bases riveted to forward bottom skins.
Forward center section bulkhead bolted and riveted to tunnel sides. Cover ribs riveted to cover bases and forward bottom skins.
Forward center section bulkhead bolted and riveted to tunnel sides. Cover ribs riveted to cover bases and forward bottom skins.
