Bulkhead 706 to 712

March 22nd, 28th and 29th, 24h

We tackled the rest of the bulkhead, we prepped all the parts and moved on to riveting. We riveted all of them, except for 706.

 

 

Bulkhead 705

March 14th and 15th, 15h

We prepped and riveted bulkhead 705.  All went well, except for one bracket that did not align well.  So, I just ordered a new one.

Riveting bulkhead 704

March 1st, 9h

We finished riveting bulkhead 704.  We riveted all the brackets and the side sections.  Then we looked up and gathered all the hardware.  Bulkhead 704 is done for the time being.

Then I did a little preview into bulkhead 705, so I gathered all the parts.

Continue Firewall and bulkhead 704

February 23th, 7h

• I got the new wd-602 to finish the firewall, so after prepping the new part, I finished riveting the last corner of the firewall.

• Then I moved to finishing bulkhead 704, I got the new seat brackets.  So, I prepped them and got 704 ready for final riveting.

Bulkhead 704

February 9th and 16th, 16h

Next we started working on the bulkhead. First drilling holes for the bushings.  Then drilling the center sections to the sides.  Afterwards, fabricating the control brackets and drilling them.

Next weekend, we primed the control brackets and fitted the control sticks.  Then we attached the platenuts.  Afterwards we worked on the cover ribs.  The center bushing holes ended up a bit larger, 9/16 instead of 7/16, so I am most likely redoing those ribs after checking with Vans.