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Milestone reached today - finished the right wing. (Well, as finished as you can get without a fuselage). Skins riveted, trailing edge is solid riveted, flaperon bracket supports riveted, fuel tank installed.
Made a wing stand out of timber and carpet (the idea came from someone on the CH701.com site) and my workbench is now clear for the other wing...…
ContinueAdded by Marty de la Motte on April 20, 2014 at 6:05am — 2 Comments
Thread sealed the return fitting and tightened up. Removed the tank from the wing, added a small section of fuel line to the return and clamped it off. Clamped the end of the main line too. Added 20 litres of unleaded to test (placed the tank in the carport next to the car, figured after the test I can just drain it into the car!)
Seems to be no leaks around the fitting at the moment, will give it a full 24 hours or more just to make sure.
Received the…
ContinueAdded by Marty de la Motte on April 2, 2014 at 12:37am — 2 Comments
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