Tanks and landing lights
Today was a full build day. I finally got some momentum going on the landing lights and completed them. They turned out real nice but I’m glad to be done with them. It is simple, but somebody should really design a better setup than the duckworks kit. (ideas?? of course) After the landing lights were buttoned up I prepared for a full evening of fuel tank closure. Tanya took off of work a little early so we could get them both closed up this evening. And we did (6.5hrs of work on the tanks. It was a late night)! We sealed both rear tank baffles. A ton of rivets to squeeze and a ton of clecos to clean. DONE! The tanks are totally complete. Nothing to do now but wait for the proseal to cure (I’ll give it a couple of days) and pressure test them to see if they are sealed. (All fingers and toes crossed.) For the uninitiated, this is not a forgone conclusion. There are many ways, reasons, places that these tanks could leak. We’ll just have to see.
Here are some pictures of the tank process and the aftermath.
