I made a lot of progress this evening on riveting the fuselage substructure together.
The riveting starts with the rear seat brace area.
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Then along the longeron and baggage door stop.
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The mid fuselage longerons are then riveted to the gussets that are near the rear seat vents.
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I then riveted the forward fuselage substructure that attaches to the firewall brackets and forward bulkheads.
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Some of these rivets were tricky but everything went together well.
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The longerons are then inserted and riveted to the gussets that attach them to the firewall.
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A few more rivets..
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I’m now ready to start riveting the skins into place but I’m going to give everything a close look first to triple check that I didn’t miss anything that will be hard to address later.