Date: Sat, 25 Dec 1999 09:35:53 -0500
From: Lynda Frantz <LFrantz@compuserve.com>
Subject: Subfloor of 360
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While crawling around on your knees where they will load up the prepreg,
you should put down something that will prevent damage to the core.  I used
a thick rubber mat that worked well.

My baggage area has a floor.  Rather than construct a cover over the
tunnel, I constructed a plywood floor that extends over the tunel and to
the side walls of the fuselage.  The result is a nice flat baggage
compartment floor, area under the floor for wiring runs and some extra room
for electronic boxes that didn't find room behind the instrument panel, and
protection for the prepreg and core.  

The baggage floor is constructed from 5 ply 1/8" thick plywood used for
hobby applications and is covered with a light carpet.  Of course the floor
is removable.  It was a bit tricky to get the floor to fit against the
fuselage side wall just right but cardboard patterns made that job
relatively easy.  I constructed floor pads at several places along the
fuselage sides, the tunnel walls and along the seat back.  Each pad has a
nut bonded within.

Merry Christmas,
Jim Frantz  
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