Month: May 2015

Started putting in the fuel fittings to the tank. It probably goes quicker for those who know what they’re doing. I did figure out I can fit my hand through the cap opening so I could hold the upper fitting with the allen wrench while I tightened the nut down. This made the upper fitting much easier to install. The others were pretty straight forward.

(1 h)

This is a little dated since we were on vacation for the past week and a half, but I wanted to keep the record accurate. I spent the weekend getting the holes drilled in the left fuel tank to get ready to install the fittings.

I was nervous about drilling all the holes in the tank because it would be expensive to replace, but so far it all looks good. I also had to fit some skins so I could mark the point for the hole on the top of the tank. That included dimpling and riveting stiffeners to the root skins. All of that was more time consuming than hard.

Looking forward to getting back at it and moving forward with the left wing.

(6 h)