Baggage floorboards

I got the idea from another builder to make the baggage floors removable. Keeping the antenna cables as short as possible is desirable, so the transponder will go under here since it can be remote mounted. It shouldn't affect the weight and balance of the plane too much (only 3 pounds) and will de-clutter the usually cramped instrument panel. Of course, that meant drilling up a shitload of rivets.

Got through most of the hollow pull rivets, but ran into trouble on the solid ones because the size of the drill motor is large enough I can't get a good angle to drill straight-on. Looks like I'll need to buy another tool - an angle drill or attachment - to get those out.

You may have noticed the delay in posting - had a nice ski trip to Colorado and went to Breck, Copper, Vail, and Keystone. Good skiing and nice to see old friends. I was doing some "tree skiing" and thought this was cool. Not bad for a camera built into a phone.