With the fuselage on order and a deadline to get the garage ready, time to get into gear and make progress. Granted we are now in prime holiday season and family is the higher priority over building, so this it’s more of the same get a few mins here and there to keep making progress.
Decided to bundle all of the prep for the right tank into a single video even if that made for a slightly longer wait / longer timelapse. Nothing special or different from the left tank. Deburr edges, install the structure and match drill. once fully assembled, take it all apart and start deburring.
I did make updated tank / leading edge cradle based on the plans finally. It did help a little with getting the ribs to line up. (also needed another cradle anyway).
Got all the parts dimpled and ready to begin final assembly. The only thing I did slightly differently was I didn’t install the nutplates for the Zee’s yet as I’m still deciding on if / how I’m going to prime the tank. I also am waiting to mount any of the shims to the tank attach bracket until I decide on priming. (after I leak test the tank).
Just like the left tank, I also installed a fuel return port. Slow but somewhat steady progress.