Fuselage

I have used the rivets that VANS supply in their static kit. The tubes are glued in with blobs of a proseal competitor product. Once the ‘proseal’ that holds the rivets on is completely set, I just need to cut the tubes to length, and proseal them onto the rivet tails. I was quite negative about this static approach and nearly shelled out for a more expensive (and heavy) solution, but I now feel good about these. I will leave the static line aft of the bulkhead for now until the interior, forward of it, has been painted with a topcoat.

The forward storage is largely complete. With the battery forward of the firewall I will have a useful storage container between my feet as well as the smaller area under the right hand step. The large aft part of the storage lid is hinged (from behind the two clecos). I am not sure how many camlocs to use to ensure it does not vibrate. The hole is to put your finger through in order to lift the lid once the camlocs are released.

A secondary but important aspect of this storage area it will enable me to adjust CofG by re distributing heavy items between this area and the main baggage area.

In the next area back where the stick is located the bracket on the front left is the mounting for an Andair fuel valve, and behind that the next bracket will have an Andair gascolator bolted on. My approach to the gacolator is that it will just take the role of a filter. I do not plan to drain it before every flight. Testing for water will we be done at the wing drains since this is by far the most likely location for it to occur.



The array of rivets in the centre of the bulkhead (see center of upper picture) is reinforcing for nutplates to hold the Facit fuel pump.