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...

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Sealing the tank

I remember how much I hate pro-seal. I have started riveting pieces on the gas tank skin. The filler neck has seemed to give me the most trouble so far. It's curved to the tank skin and it was really hard to get the rivets to set flush. I am not happy at all with the Avery tank dimple dies. I think they are too deep. All of my rivets are sticking up a bit just enough not to pass the fingernail test. I know you need a little bit of extra room so you have some area in the dimple for sealant but it's too much. I will go back to using regular dimple dies from Cleaveland. I also have riveted on most of the bottom stiffeners. I have a couple left as I ran out of pro-seal around 9:00 last night I and did not want to make another batch. I have also tried something new this time. Instead of using my fingers so wipe the pro-seal around with, I have put the pro-seal into a syringe. It's messy getting it in the syringe but once you clean it up, you have a handy little dispenser. It's clean and easy to use and not really expensive. The syringe tube is only about .25 cents for a large one. I have enough to do one tank for now. Off to work now, I'll post some pics tonight with all of the stiffeners on the skin.

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