Fuel tanks! October 6, 2012October 9, 2012 Ed 0 Comment Fuel Tanks, RV10 Build, Wings The fuel tanks begin just like most other sections… with a whole lot of edge deburring! There were also some stiffeners and brackets to cut Read more
Fuel tanks, part 2 October 7, 2012October 9, 2012 Ed 0 Comment Fuel Tanks, RV10 Build, Wings Today marked the first day of actual construction progress on the fuel tanks. I began by clecoing the ribs into the skin. This is much Read more
Fuel caps and more October 8, 2012November 5, 2018 Ed 0 Comment Fuel Tanks, RV10 Build, Wings After seeing what the standard fuel caps that Van’s includes in the kit, and because I want to keep strangers from messing with my fuel Read more
Baffling! October 9, 2012October 10, 2012 Ed 0 Comment Fuel Tanks, RV10 Build, Wings Tonight I got the rear baffles in place, match drilled, and countersunk. These are counter sunk as opposed to dimpled to make it easier to Read more
Capacitive Fuel Level Senders October 10, 2012June 4, 2017 Ed 4 Comments Fuel Tanks, RV10 Build, Wings There are two options for fuel level sensors that I looked at for my -10. First is the standard float type sensor. It’s basically a Read more
Finished fabbing fuel plates October 12, 2012October 16, 2012 Ed 0 Comment Fuel Tanks, RV10 Build, Wings Using the first capacitive plate as a template for the remaining ones, I got everything cut to shape and riveted to it’s mounting hardware. All Read more
Repetitive Deburring Syndrome. I has it. October 13, 2012October 16, 2012 Ed 0 Comment Fuel Tanks, RV10 Build, Wings Long day, short post. I got all the holes in all the fuel tank parts deburred. 9 hours worth. Days like this make the TV Read more
Tank dimpling October 16, 2012October 16, 2012 Ed 1 Comment Fuel Tanks, RV10 Build, Wings Got started on dimpling the tank parts tonight. I actually made pretty good progress, as I got all the non skin parts dimpled, and the Read more
Finished dimpling tank parts October 19, 2012October 19, 2012 Ed 0 Comment Fuel Tanks, RV10 Build, Wings Got the tank skins dimpled tonight. I dimpled all the holes I could reach with the pneumatic squeezer the other day, but the majority of Read more
Black Death October 21, 2012October 22, 2012 Ed 0 Comment Fuel Tanks, RV10 Build, Wings Ok. Black death might be a bit melodramatic, but Proseal can be a sticky mess. Cory came over today and helped me with the fuel Read more
Much gooder. October 22, 2012October 22, 2012 Ed 0 Comment Fuel Tanks, RV10 Build, Wings Tonight was round two with the proseal. I didn’t have much time to work on the plane tonight, but I wanted to get the rib Read more
End tank ribs ready October 24, 2012October 24, 2012 Ed 0 Comment Fuel Tanks, RV10 Build, Wings Tonight I finished up riveting and prosealing up the various parts of the end ribs of the fuel tanks… both the various fittings and the Read more
Tank stiffener riveting October 26, 2012October 26, 2012 Ed 3 Comments Fuel Tanks, RV10 Build, Wings I did my first bit of true tank assembly tonight. I got six stiffeners, a drain port, and some nut plates and a cover plate Read more
Proseal again October 27, 2012October 28, 2012 Ed 3 Comments Fuel Tanks, RV10 Build, Wings Got some more QT in with ProSeal. I got the rest of the stiffeners sealed to the tank. This time, I’m sealing the stiffeners up, Read more
Proseal October 28, 2012October 28, 2012 Ed 2 Comments Fuel Tanks, RV10 Build, Wings More of the same. I prosealed all of the stiffeners and flanges to the left tank skins. Read more