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Black Death

October 21, 2012October 22, 2012 Ed 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

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Finished dimpling tank parts

October 19, 2012October 19, 2012 Ed 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

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Tank dimpling

October 16, 2012October 16, 2012 Ed 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

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Repetitive Deburring Syndrome. I has it.

October 13, 2012October 16, 2012 Ed 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

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Finished fabbing fuel plates

October 12, 2012October 16, 2012 Ed 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

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Capacitive Fuel Level Senders

October 10, 2012June 4, 2017 Ed 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

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Baffling!

October 9, 2012October 10, 2012 Ed 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

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Fuel caps and more

October 8, 2012November 5, 2018 Ed 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

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Fuel tanks, part 2

October 7, 2012October 9, 2012 Ed 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

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Fuel tanks!

October 6, 2012October 9, 2012 Ed 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

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