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RV-10 Interior panels- Structural??

bweez

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Are any of the interior panels install on the RV-10 considered structural components necessary for flight? Panels such as; aft baggage bulkhead, side walls below main cabin doors, aft seat side walls, etc.??
On several production aircraft, there are certain panels / doors that need to be installed and are considered structural even if you need to tow the aircraft.
Reason for the question?? One of the pictures on a recently completed -10 shows an selfie with the aft baggage bulkhead removed.. in-flight. If any were required for flight, I would strongly believe that the aft baggage bulkhead would be necessary??
 
Yikes. The baggage bulkhead panel is definitely a structural component. Not sure of the other installed covers/panels.
 
pretty sure the baggage bulkhead panels and tunnel covers are structural on the 10. Not sure of others, but suspect some might be. I can't imagine any of the removable side panels are structural, but don't really know.
 
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