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 […]
Fuel Tank Layout – Pt. 1
Now that the fixed leading edges are drilled and clecoed in place, it’s now time to begin working on the rest of the wing leading edge…the fuel tank! To begin on the fuel tanks, the first place to start is by fabricating some spacer blocks that you can use to acquire the proper spacing of […]