-Mounted tank to spar, aligned and strapped in place -Drilled tank skin to W-423 splice/joint plate -Drilled inboard Rib – Tank Baffle – Z Bracket -Removed outer Leading Edge & drilled Outboard Rib – Tank Baffle – Z Bracket -Separated…
Category: Right Fuel Tank
-Had some time so decided to get back into the fuel tank -Firstly there were mud wasp nests in the spar to fuse attach holes so thoroughly cleaned those out -Countersunk all Z brackets & IB spar…
-Finished drilling the Z-Brackets to the spar-Removed brackets -Unfortunately when i previously restarted my brackets on the left side i didnt reorder the nutplates, so i needed to try and locate the old brackets and remove the nuts from them-Removed…
-Spent a while tidying garage up and figuring out where i was up to.-Recieved a new rear baffle after previous issues also got another 200 clecoes in the order-Properly clecoed right fuel tank ribs in place -removed vinyl from rear…
-REMOVED VINYL FROM INSIDE OF FUEL TANK SKIN-STARTED REMOVING VINYL FROM REAR TANK BAFFLE BUT UNDERESTIMATED THE STRENGTH OF THE ADHESIVE AND ENDED UP BUCKLING THE BAFFLE-TRIED STRAIGHTENING THE REAR BAFFLE BUT NOT SATISFIED SO I’LL HAVE TO ORDER A…