Sunday, November 19, 2023

Fuel Vents

Next up in the instructions is the section on fitting the wings temporarily to set the incidence and a number of other things. I'm going to wait on doing all of that, since it would mean reconfiguring the garage to give me enough space to put the wings on.  I'll come back to it later when I can more easily move benches and/or cars outside with better weather.

That means it's time to start with the fuel system.  After spending most of the day blowing out the sprinkler system, I didn't have much time left, so I just worked on the fuel vent fittings.  These are standard fittings that are modified to act as fuel vents.  I put each fitting in the drill press and took a file to the threads on the bottom half to smooth it out.  This wasn't all that necessary, but I think it'll look better than leaving the threads.  After it was smoothed out, I cut each fitting at a 45.  I'll have to find some screen to proseal over the opening to keep the bugs out.