Aft Fuselage Attach - Section 30

My partner in crime after attaching the empennage to the fuselage, pretty big day and it all fit, amazing!

We went for it upside down and it worked out great, plus we where able to start the riveting in this position with me on the little stop; inside.

The porcuppine quills sticking out in the middle of the fuselage is the joint of the tail cone and the cabin of the fuselage. I think it was maybe 400 rivets or so to get the fuselage to become a single unit. It took us a couple of days to get this done. There are many rivets that are challenging but doable.

View of the exhaust tunnel. This is where the muffler goes I think.

Side view, all set for riveting

Close up view of the main seam between the tailbone and the fuselage cabin

Riveting the baggage bulkhead to the overlapping joint

All done and we turned the fuselage on its side to start the systems installation inside.