2004 Flight from KKLS

2004 Flight from KKLS
This photo is from when I was flying the airplane out of Longview, WA. This was taken early in the morning..

RV-6 #25188 in flight

RV-6 #25188 in flight
Doug Eves sent this photo of the Ol' girl in flight. Taken from the ground, this is a great shot. You can see he is "relaxing" in his office in the sky...

Friday, June 19, 2009

Fabbing up the gas tank

I have been working on getting all of the gas tank ribs prepped and fabbed up. You have to cut holes in each rib for gas to pass through. There is also several vent holes near the top of each rib. I have also modified the back baffle plate as well. I have cut access holes in each bay so I can reach in and apply pro-seal from the INSIDE of the feying surfaces. The plans call for you to goop up the flanges and just dropp it in the skin and then use about 100 clamps to hold it all in place while it drys. I had a leak in my last rear baffle joint and had to take the whole tank off and re-seal that bay. I ened up cutting holes in the back and going inside of it to apply a bead of pro-seal. This time I will have lots of nutplates to install to hold the access plates down but it will be worth it if a leak ever developes. I have also install the anti-rotation brackets to hold the pickup in place. This complys with Van's AD on this part.

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