Fuel System

I got a little bit of time to work tonight and finished up the left wing tank stiffeners. Not much else to report besides that.

I’ve only got four more stiffeners to complete on this side. It was basically rinse and repeat for each stiffener. I hope to get the other stiffeners done on both sides by Wednesday but I have somethings I’m doing tomorrow night so fingers crossed I get the time.

I took a little bit of time today before going to bed to make sure the sealant I had installed yesterday was curing well. It is definitely cured pretty well since it is pretty warm outside. I cleaned up a little bit that I did not cleanup yesterday. Luckily it Read more

It was quite a learning experience today. I got the end ribs done first. I realized quickly that the sealant is very hard to control and gets EVERYWHERE. I had done it in small quantities for the rudder and other components but it was at the very end of the Read more

I realized I didn’t scuff up the edges of the ribs. I went back and did that. I hope I was able to scuff it up enough in the dimples but I’m pretty sure I did. I also made and bought some tools to help with the sealant process that Read more

I decided to start reading further ahead in the manual and see what this attach bracket actually supports. It doesn’t attach to the fuselage and as I was looking through the wing attach section I saw on page 44-2 figure 3 that they specifically call out those holes I was Read more

I got all of the deburring done, I got some countersinking done, and I also got some dimpling done. Just alot of “mindless” tasks as you watch some shows and work. lol I do need to talk with Van’s tomorrow just to confirm if I countersink both the skin and Read more

I didn’t get a ton of time today but I did get the left tank marked and then disassembled. I deburred the holes from the rib flanges to the skins and I also deburred the J channel since I drilled new holes in it. I need to go through the Read more

While I was in Florida, the J stiffener arrived. I got it cut, deburred, marked, and drilled today. I think I’m going to stop here on the gas tanks until I can get the tank seal as I want to keep the tank parts as condensed as possible since I’m Read more

I probably won’t get much time to work on the plane for the next week and a half because of work travel and other items. But we’ll see. I did finally find the wing shims. I didn’t dig deep enough into my small parts box. It was at the bottom Read more