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May not matter though, I'm only here until Wednesday

By ryan goodman · #55327 ·

I'd go

By ryan goodman · #55326 ·

Q GATHERING UPDATE!! I talked to Charlie Becker about using the Homebuilt Hangar, he discouraged it due to a pretty full schedule of various events going on there. He had me talk to Jim, the person

By Keith Welsh · #55325 ·

Re: Well This Will Make Your Heart Sink

Hi Robert, The tank was the first part for the builder to make, so likely to be some learning flaws there. It looks very dry from the photos you sent. I built my tanks separate from the airframe and

By Jay Scheevel · #55324 ·

Re: Well, This Will Made My Heart Sink ... Trying to repost with Pics

Robert, I think the easiest way to duplicate the part of the fuselage that makes up bottom of the fuel tank is to turn a Q200 upside down then make a mold using the bottom of the fuselage. Sam K

By Sam Kittle · #55323 ·

Re: Well, This Will Made My Heart Sink ... Trying to repost with Pics

Good morning Robert, When you are mating the tanks to the fuselage, I would considering installing one ply of BID between the tanks and the fuselage and wetting those areas out generously. I did

By Jim Patillo · #55322 ·

Re: Well, This Will Made My Heart Sink ... Trying to repost with Pics

To start, this plane was never flown and the fuel tank system was never fully connected except for a test run. When I took the outer skin off, there was still blue colored fuel present, so Avgas for

By Robert Schmid · #55321 ·

Re: Well, This Will Made My Heart Sink ... Trying to repost with Pics

Robert, That patch of glass you showed that’s “not wetted out enough with dry spots” looks like the original inside layer of the factory fuselage shells. The factory shells were (apparently) not

By David J. Gall · #55320 ·

Re: Well, This Will Made My Heart Sink ... Trying to repost with Pics

Unless I'm mistaken, the tank bottom is the factory fuselage shell. This layup is factory. The builder was supposed to brush an added layer of epoxy on the surface tho. I'd consider looking for an

By Mike Dwyer · #55319 ·

Re: Well, This Will Made My Heart Sink ... Trying to repost with Pics

Wonder what the wings look like.

By Jerry Marstall · #55318 ·

Re: Well, This Will Made My Heart Sink ... Trying to repost with Pics

None of us had looked under the plane, I first noticed it last week when looking for the drain hole during my fuel system redesign. -- Robert "TheFrisco" Schmid (408)

By Robert Schmid · #55317 ·

Re: Well, This Will Made My Heart Sink ... Trying to repost with Pics

Robert, when did you first notice the warp on the belly, cause you and others have been all over this plane and the work you’ve done looks good. The questions you ask are thoughtful. Just curious.

By Jim Patillo · #55316 ·

Re: Lowest Point in Main Tank?

Hey Phil, I agree with what you said, howdy BTW. I've run my facet pumps continuously for 23 years. Replaced it once about 4 years ago. Just because. It didn't quit or slow down, I just felt it was

By Jim Patillo · #55315 ·

Re: Well, This Will Made My Heart Sink ... Trying to repost with Pics

And here is the inside tank later looked like ... Glass not wetted out enough with dry spots -- Robert "TheFrisco" Schmid (408)

By Robert Schmid · #55314 ·

Re: Well This Will Make Your Heart Sink

Turns out I couldn't "edit" pics, struggling with this forum software :-( so I deleted the original post and reposted ... Apologies for anyone who considers this spam! -- Robert "TheFrisco"

By Robert Schmid · #55313 ·

Well, This Will Made My Heart Sink ... Trying to repost with Pics

Today was another chapter in "Duckies" rescue, but the ending of this book isn't written yet despite the set back. So let's start by saying when I bought "Duckie" to rescue, I was happily surprised

By Robert Schmid · #55312 ·

Re: Well This Will Make Your Heart Sink

Is it just me or did some of the pics not come through? Would like to see the engine flip bracket.

By Sandaircraft · #55310 ·

Re: Lowest Point in Main Tank?

So, the main tank should probably have a “low spot” and that may be a good place to put a drain valve for excretion of contaminants and potentially water. Wouldn’t it be better to place the

By britmcman99 · #55309 ·

Re: Well This Will Make Your Heart Sink

So on new builds Robert, and this is true in the main tank in my project since it is just in shells state now, is going to be formed blown insert. Inert to any fuel type (Plutonium excepted in case of

By Frankenbird Vern · #55308 ·

Re: Lowest Point in Main Tank?

Robert The lowest point of my main tank is FS 48.5. It the location of my pickup tube while in level flight. Dave D

By Dave Dugas · #55306 ·

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