enter site 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 go site →
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follow link 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 go →
enterhttps://semichaschaver.com/2025/04/03/rskjfhoc 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
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follow After a short break, I came back down to do some more work on the airplane. Tonight, I was able to get the right tank vent line and the right tank capacitive senders assembled and ready. This time I cleco’d all the ribs and skin for the right tank in … Continue reading
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go here 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
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enter site 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
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https://faroutpodcast.com/rr84imx38 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
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go to link 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
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follow link 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
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go to link 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
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