Monday, October 1, 2018

Wings, Fuel Tanks (Part 30)

During the last session, I applied Proseal to the seams on the Aft Tank Baffle and Zee Attach Brackets.  After several days of letting it cure, now I want to leak check it with avgas.  I put a 2x6 piece of wood on the workbench and stood the Left Fuel Tank up vertically on the Zee Attach Brackets.  This set up is high enough to clear the Skins from the workbench and stable enough to not fall over.

I added enough fuel to only cover the rivets that were not previously leak checked.  I only needed about an inch of or so of fuel, so it didn’t take much.  Here are a couple of pictures looking into the Left Fuel Tank filler hole at the avgas inside the tank.


Now I need to let the Left Tank sit and see if there are any leaks.