Baggage compartment riveting.
Ordered some long reach cleco's. These puppies can get up to a 1/2" where all my older ones are only good for a little over 1/4". The extra reach helps when dealing with this thick center channel.
Riveted the holes left over on the vertical bulkhead to center channel rivets that also go thru the baggage floor. These get these different kind of pulled rivets.
Then I riveted the front flange of the baggage floor to the assembly.
Next I riveted the ELT bracket assembly together.
And installed the nutplates.
Finally riveted it to the ribs.
Baggage floor to rib rivets. The ones that go thru the fuel tank pads are flush rivets.
UPDATE: Do not do what I did and cut these out of the thinner strip that has the sticky tape on it. This is the wrong strip to use! Cut them from the thicker strip that does not have tape on the back!
So here I goofed up and installed the rivets backwards to the orientation called out by the directions. Not sure why it matters but if they specify it, there is usually a good reason.
Figured it out after I had pulled these 6 rivets.
They are supposed to go in from this direction.
Riveted the flush rivets that go in between the nutplates on the baggage floor and the ribs.
This top rivet on the outboard rib gets a flush rivet. Seems it is to provide clearance for the gear leg bolt or nut.
Riveted these standoffs to the ribs.
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