Vans Aircraft RV-12 Airplane Build,Section 33: Install of the Baggage floor cover and Baggage Bulkhead

Reference: Page 33-03, page 42N-20 1.5 hours

I talked to Mike Seager about transition training for the RV-12 and the initial test flights. One question I have had is how do people do the initial preflight inspections with the fuel tank installed the tailbone bulkhead also has to be installed? He said what he has seen is to document the inside of the tailcone and then close it up. So the following pictures are for just that purpose. Note I am using the newer split baggage floor cover.









Builder's note: Rudder cables are shown with slack in them.











Builder's note: In the picture below the vent tube needs to be rotated so the tee is pointing up. This was completed but not photographed.











The two nuts pictured above are the one that attach the flaperon torque tube together on the left side of the aircraft. These set under the fuel tank and floor cover.



Feels funny to seal the tailcone up on the RV12. I did check for anything that did belong before installing the bulkhead.

Vans Aircraft RV-12 Airplane Build, Section 33: Miscellanea (part 1)

Reference for this entry: pages 33-02, 33-03, 33-04; 3.0 hours

Today I will start Section 33 for the RV-12 airplane. It's a section I jumped over earlier. But hay, there is no time like the present.

Step 1: Dimple the nutplate rivet holes in the Seat Floor Cover and the nutplates called out by Van's Aircraft. Rivet the nutplates to the floor covwer.



Step 2: Installing Flap Detent Bracket. On hold until later.

Step 3: Attach the end fitting of the lap belts to the Seat Attach Lugs using the called out hardware.



Step 4: Attach the end of the crotch straps to the Strap Lugs using the called out hardware.



Reference: 33-03

Step 1: Attach one end of the Shoulder Harness Cables to the Shoulder Strap Lug. No bushing are needed at this end.



Step 2: Attach the other end of the Shoulder Harness Cables to the Shoulder Harness. The bushing will allow the end fitting to rotate freely.



Step 3: Make the left and right Rudder Pedal Access Covers by removing the connecting metal between them.



Step 4: Dimple the nutplate rivet hole locations in the Rudder Pedal Access Covers and in the nutplates. Rivet them to the Access Covers.



Step 5: Install the Rudder Access Covers using the called out hardware.



Step 6: Cut the MS21266-1N Grommet to 2 13/32 inches and install on the Tunnel cover.



Step 7: Installing the tunnel cover will be done later.

Step 8: Dimple #19 the holes in the Baggage Cover as shown in the RV-12 airplane plans.



Reference: Page 33-04

Step 1: Test fit the Ant-abrasion Strip on the Mid Fuse Brace. With an ultra-fine felt tip marker and a striaght edge, make a line on the top of the brace as shown on page 33-04 of the RV-12 plans.



Step 2: Install the Anti-abrasive Strip, on the clean and dry mid-fuseBrace.





Builder's note: Nothing sticks well to the textured paint I used on the interior. So the bottom edge tends to pop loss when it is warm outside. So I will use Pliobond to stick it down. This section will be completed later in the finishing of the RV-12 airplane.