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Sep 11, 2022 A little bit on wings, wiring, and fuel seals Category: Wings
This past week was a little bit of many different things. I worked on the right wing wiring. I wrapped braided sleeve around the landing, taxi, position, and strobe lights. I also installed conduit running along the back top channel to put coax wire in. I am not sure if I will install a VOR/ILS antenna but at least this gives me the option to do it later if I want. I also didnt like the fuel tank seals for the fuel lever senders that came with the kit. I also had to spend some time with a good bit of goo gone to get the sticky stuff left behind when the factory packaged the spars up for transport. They are cork and I can picture the cork breaking down and floating around the tank. I instead bought a 1' X 1' sheet of viton rubber and made my own seals. Hopefully it works, but if not I can still use the cork seals. Lastly I started working on the left wing. I installed all the ribs except for rib 5 on the main spar then I attached the rear spar. I did not install rib 5 because on my flap torque tube I found a rivet that was not installed correctly and I think needs to be replaced. I will reach out to technical to be sure. The rivet is steel so it may be a pain to replace. Lastly, I found a C channel that was suppose to be riveted onto the main spar at the factory but isnt there. I will also reach out to technical and see if they will send me the pars to do it myself.


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