Getting to do some neat work on the fuel tanks now! I started on the capacitive sender plates that I am planning on putting in the tanks. These will be my primary means of fuel level indications, with the float style senders being a backup. Yeap, I am installing both … Continue reading
Super short session tonight. I came back in town from being on the road, and wanted to get something done on the build to keep the progress going. I left off with the left tank clecoed back together so I can start working on the last bits and hardware, and … Continue reading
I told myself this was going to be a quick sesison, just finish up the anti-hangup brackets and we’re done for the night…….it didn’t happen that way :-0 I actually ended up doing a LOT of work, 3.5 hours worth, but I am glad I got it all done. At … Continue reading
Picking up from my last session, I decided to go ahead and finish the right tank access plate. I had already cut the access hole in the rib when I was working on the left tank in the last session, so I really just needed to do a little to … Continue reading
I had to pick up a tool to help with cutting the access plate holes for the fuel tanks. Vans recommends using a fly cutter to cut the access holes, and I thought I had one. Turns out, the fly cutter I had was for cutting holes in drywall, and … Continue reading
After a quick break and bite to eat, I went back down to do some more work. I decided to go ahead and get the flop tube installed for now, and do the capacitive senders in the next session. I’m only doing a flop tube in one tank: The left … Continue reading
Short session to start today. I wanted to get the tank attach angles drilled, and after doing some reading last night, this actually seems straightforward. Vans gives us a rough idea of where to drill the rivets for the angle attach bracket in the plans with this drawing: We … Continue reading
Its time to fabricate some parts! I got home from having dinner with some friends and my family, and felt like knocking out a little bit more on the project, so I decided to tackle fabricating the T-405 tank attach angle brackets. The plans are a bit vague here, as … Continue reading
Tonight was a fun build session! Since all the tank structure is pretty much fitted and done, I needed to knock out the last few little bits of tank parts: The tank drains (sumps) and the fuel caps. I’ve been sort of looking forward to doing this work to be … Continue reading
More Fuel tank work! Tonight I wanted to get the left fuel tank match drilled and then disassembled so that I could begin working on deburring the parts and getting them ready for final assembly. I already had the left tank off the wing and on the bench from my … Continue reading