Author Archives: pclifton

So once again, riveting didn’t happen tonight, cause Josie had to work late. However, I got a prompt response back from Van’s about the ding I put in the spar, and as I expected, the word was that it was … Continue reading →

So yeah, once again, we didn’t get around to actually finishing up the tank riveting today. That was the original plan, but when I went out to remove the last of the clecos from the right tank and clean out … Continue reading →

Yay for proseal! Today wasn’t so bad working with the stuff, I had more of an attitude of “I’m getting closer to being done with this” instead of “ARGH THIS IS ANNOYING.” Which I suppose is a good thing. Anyway, … Continue reading →

Whew. I think I’m starting to see the light at the of the Proseal tunnel… I still haven’t gone back and finished riveting the left tank, both the nose rivets and the ones I drilled out. We’ve talked about doing … Continue reading →

Well, the general plan for tonight was to try and finish riveting the left tank, but first there were some prep items to tend to. Most importantly, I needed to deal with that mis-dimpled hole. Someone suggested using a NAS1097 … Continue reading →

Well, I suppose I was overdue for a good frustrating day like this. I don’t think I’ve had one of these in a while. Things seemed to start off OK, save for me noticing that I’d neglected to dimple one … Continue reading →

So I kind of took most of the evenings this week off the project. Tuesday I had a friend from out of town come by for a bit, and Thursday I did an EAA webinar on recreational aerobatics. I could … Continue reading →

So the main order of business tonight was to seal over the shop heads of the stiffeners I riveted Friday night. But since applying sealant isn’t an exact science and I hate to waste more of the stuff than I … Continue reading →

I think I’m starting to reach the point where I’m tired of tank sealant. Which is unfortunate, since I’d estimate I’ve maybe done 30% of the sealing tasks on these tanks. Anyway, I popped out after dinner and went to … Continue reading →

Tonight was basically an instant replay of when I did the right stiffeners. Got everything cleaned and in place, mixed up a batch of sealant, gooped each stiffeners up and put in in place, clecoed 100%, smoothed out the squeezed-out … Continue reading →