Back in the saddle again!

I have been putting in some long days building on the airplane. I am back working on the rear fuselage area. I am putting all of the parts that can go in the baggage area and rear tail cone before I put the top turtledeck on. I want to minimize the crawling in and out of the tailcone as much as possible. Last airplane I was in and out a thousand times.

I discovered a pretty big error on the bulkhead station F-607 and F608. The top of the bulkhead does not line up with the baggage bulkhead or the rear bulkhead F-609. When I put a straight edge across the tops of the bulkheads, F-607/8 where about 1/4 inch lower than the other two. Usually you can move the bulkhead forward or backwards a little in the tailcone to get the fit you need. I had to cut the tops off and move them up! I made splice plates and new stiffener brackets so it all fits together again. When I had the bulkheads in the jig I moved these two forward from their "stations" according to plan to get them to fit. Now I created another problem but there is nothing I can do except just what I am doing. Bash to fit, paint to match.

I am almost finished with this job. Then I can run the two stringers on the top and start back drilling the top skins. I still am going to mount the ELT plate inside and fit the Horz stab/elevators so I can make the torque tube all having access with an open working area in the tail cone. Once this is done, I will rivet the top skins in place.