No Proseal work tonight, but its close. I need to get the left tank up to the same point as the right, which means breaking it down, deburring, finishing the edges, and then dimpling. First I need to trim my vent tube, and flare it for its fitting. I measured … Continue reading
Another proseal session tonight, but this was a pretty short one. This stuff is still messy, and I still have a hard time dealing with it, because I am not good with messy stuff! I wanted to get the tank drain, and the fuel filler sealed and ready to go, … Continue reading
Its time. Time to start working with this sticky, smelly, nasty sealant again. I have not really been looking forward to this, but it has to be done. My right tank has been scuffed and semi-cleaned in the last couple of build sessions, so I wanted to give it another … Continue reading
I changed it up a bit tonight. I realized I could go ahead and knock out the W-423 splice plate since it needed a little more work per wing. These are the small strips of aluminum that are used as reinforcement plates between where the leading edge and the fuel … Continue reading
Another semi-boring build update. I’m still working towards pro-sealing these tanks, and the right one is pretty much ready after tonights work. I started out by finishing up the last remaining deburring on the ribs, which wasn’t much, the pile on the left is what I had left to get … Continue reading
This is a quick build update as there isn’t much of an update. I disassembled the right tank and then removed the plastic from the parts so I could start the arduous process of deburring, edge finishing and dimpling. I logged a little over an hour tonight, and that was … Continue reading
More progress made on the fuel tanks tonight! I picked up with the right tank, and I wanted to get the vent line trimmed and finished. I had left it a little long so I could trim it down to size once I bought a tubing cutter. Well, I remembered … Continue reading