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...

Sunday, February 7, 2010

Sealing tank ribs

I have been working on riveting and sealing in gas tank ribs. It's a long process to get the rib gooped up them stuck in position (without getting sealant everywhere). Then I buck each rivet twice, cleaning off the bar and gun each time. Once all the rivets are bucked I squeeze a little out on each rivet head and swirl it around to seal in the rivet from the inside. Hopefully this way I will have double sealing. After all the heads are sealed, I then seal along the rib and skin making a nice fillet with my finger. Each rib takes about two hours from start to clean up. Can't wait until this sealing is done.

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