As get closer to being able to drill the fuel tank skin, I still need to do a bit more prep work by cutting the access hole into the T-403 end rib. With the end rib access hole cut, I now have access to the entire fuel tank. Next up was to centerpunch and drill […]
LH Fuel Tank Rear Baffle Jig
I’m now ready to drill the rivet holes into the wing skin, so I can then proceed with match drilling the skin to the ribs. The problem when I get to the match drilling, is that this long-range tank is so big, I cannot reach inside to get the ribs in alignment to drill. So […]
LH Fuel Tank Rivet Layout – Ribs
Today I’m ready to start working on figuring out the left hand fuel tank skin rivet pattern layouts. I began with the easiest point of the skin layout, which was the rivets for the inboard tank end rib. This was easy to establish where to begin and end, as well as all points in between. […]
Fuel Tank Skins – Locating The Skin
Okay, so now I have this big, undrilled, fuel tank skin that I have to get ready to match drill to the ribs. When I put the skin on to get it located, I was not able to get it to sit squarely against the fixed leading edge skin. At the top (at the leading […]