FINISHING LEADING EDGE, STARTING TO FIT FUEL TANK

by Taran

-FLIPPED WING OVER TO MAKE RIVETING EASIER
-RIVETED 3x INBOARD RIBS TO SPAR
-RIVETED THE LOWER SPANWISE ROW OF RIVETS

-INSTALLED FUEL TANK ASSY & DECIDED TO INSTALL ALL SCREWS AND BOLTS INSTED OF THE HALF THE MANUAL CALLS OUT, I CAN’T SE WHY TO ONLY PUT HALF IN & ALL I CAN SEE THAT DOING IS CAUSING HOLE MISALIGNMENT ISSUES WHEN I TRY TO PUT ALL THE OTHERS IN.
-INSTALLED ALL SCREWS AND BOLTS LOOSELY, ONCE ALL WERE IN STARTED TO RUN SCREWS DOWN BUT DIDN’T LIKE BULGES I WAS GETTING BETWEEN SCREWS AT FUEL TANK SPLICE PLATE.
-REMOVED FUEL TANK AND MEASURED SPLICE & WHERE SEALANT ENDS ON TANK AND FOUND THAT THE SEALANT WAS INTERFERING WITH THE SPLICE PLATE
-REMOVED A SMALL AMOUNT OF EXCESS SEALANT FROM THE TANK & A SMALL AMOUNT OF MATERIAL FROM THE SPLICE PLATE
-HIT ALL BARE MATING SURFACES WITH THE ALODINE PEN
-REFITTED, STILL NOT HAPPY SO REMOVED AGAIN