Good day, today I’m going to be continuing with working on the fuel tank root rib. I starting off with finishing up the T-407 reinforcing rings that I made, using the RV-4 supplied parts as a template. I made a bunch of these rings because I need a total 14 of these as I need […]
Fuel Tank Rib Prep and Forward Bracket
Good day. Today I’m working on the preparation of the fuel tank ribs to add all of the various holes for fuel transfer between bays, vent line hole, and water drainage. I also started by working on fabricating the forward inboard root rib attach brackets. The layout for these brackets is pretty straightforward. Then I […]
Fuel Tank Parts Delivery
Good day, just a quick update for today as I just took delivery of some parts I need for the fuel tanks. These included a beautiful set of Newton fuel filler caps. These locking fuel caps are expensive ($250.00 CDN – each!!) but are much nicer than the fuel caps that came with the RV-4 […]
Left Tank Rear Baffle
Today I’m working on the left tank rear baffle. As these tanks I’m building are the optional 55 USG extended range fuel tanks, I’ve decided to add access panels in each of the tank bays should I need future access. The reason for this is because the tank is so long, you just can’t reach […]