There are a couple of more things that needed to be done before closing the tank.
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Fuel tank miscellaneous
Some small tasks needed to be done before closing the tanks.
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New left fuel tank Proseal session 4
Testing the unusable fuel and installing the fittings.
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New left fuel tank Proseal session 3
The Proseal of the fuel cap and drain is cured, next step is inserting the ribs.
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New left fuel tank Proseal session 2
The work continued with the fuel drain and fuel cap.
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New left fuel tank Proseal session 1
After preparing the parts I continued with the first Proseal session.
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Matchdrilling fuel tank skin
After making sure the left fuel tank was in the proper position and secured with many cleco’s it was time to match drill the holes with the holes in the main spar.
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Building another fuel tank
Parts for building a new left fuel tank arrived.
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Test fit fuel tank
Before closing the fuel tank I did an test fit, unfortunately there is some misalignment.
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Fuel tank test with Avgas
Before closing the fuel tank I wanted to know if there are any leaks, so I did a test with Avgas.
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