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Thursday, February 18, 2016

1 hr. sealing the fuel sender plates and bolts on both tanks.  Tomorrow I'll start the testing of the left tank.

Before.

After.

NEXT TASKS:
  1. Remove plastic and deburr fuselage parts while the tank is being tested.
  2. Test left tank for seal.  I do need to trim the fuel vent tube to proper length first.
  3. Mark bolts.
  4. Fuel tank on.  Just loosely bolted at this point.
  5. Top skins riveted on (STRINGERS!).  Top skins of left wing need priming first.  Fill rivets with Bondo.
  6. Leading edge riveted on (STRINGER!).  Fill rivets with Bondo.
  7. Rivet fuel tank on.  Fill rivets with Bondo.
  8. Wing tip assembly and light installation.
  9. Finish sanding of left wing bottom rivet heads.
  10. Finish right wing (5,6,7,8,9).
  11. Finally finish one of the composite tips of the elevator.
  12. Fill rivets of elevator with Bondo.
  13. START ON FUSELAGE!

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