Baggage Tie Downs

Here you can see a couple of shots of the finished tie-downs. As I say, it’s probably overkill, but I doubt I’ll ever need to add any. 😉 We’re installing baggage tie-downs so we can use cargo nets to restrain our cargo. These things are horribly expensive, but I think they’re necessary and I like […]

Luggage Shelf, Part V

Here you can see me making the upholstery covers for the fuel vents that extend past the rear bulkhead. I just taped everything off, and made as smooth a outline as possible with the tape over the tubing. Then I laid 3 BID over the tape and let it cure out. They will be held […]

Luggage Shelf, Part IV

We’re finalizing all of the upholstery covers for the interior. Here I’m working on the side extensions to the false bulkhead. Once they’re done, I’m going to make a fiberglass cover from in front of the fuel tank vents back on to these “wings”. This will complete the interior pieces ready for covering. False bulkhead […]

Luggage Shelf, Part III

We’ve started installing these baggage tie downs, and I’m putting three across the front of the shelf and three on the shelf, as well as two up high in the back (and there pairs at the back of the strake openings). These will give us several options for tying down luggage. Baggage shelf cargo […]

Luggage Shelf, Part II

The instruction on the rear cover panel are pretty sparse, to say the least, basically saying that there should be one. I’ve decided to go with a “luggage shelf” directly on top of the fuel sump. On top of the whale-tail that has the end of the tube and bell-crank arrangement for the aileron […]

Luggage Shelf, Part I

Here. This will hide the mechanical systems and structures from view in the cabin. Also, unlike the retract version, we should not need access to anything behind the bulkhead in flight (although a push-pull cable has been installed to the fuel shut-off valve). The lower portion of the bulkhead will also form the baggage platform, […]