Category: Fuel Tanks

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

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

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

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,

More of the same. I prosealed all of the stiffeners and flanges to the left tank skins.   

Yup. More proseal. Got about 2/3rds of the stiffeners riveted to the right tank skin. Still a looooong ways to go on the tanks.

Finished riveting and sealing the stiffeners to the left tank. Just half of the stiffeners on the right tank remain.

Tonight I finished riveting and sealing the tank stiffeners on both tanks.

I’ve begun the process of sealing the tank ribs to the tank skins. I’m going to use the same process as I did with the

I got the rest of the ribs on the left tank sealed up. I’m going to let it set up for a few days, then