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James Baldwin
Joined: 16 Jan 2006
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 Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 5:41 pm Post subject: Fuel Tank SB Experience |
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Hey Guys -
What am I missing here? I am in the middle of constructing my wings
including fuel tanks and am not sure of the beginning of this thread. JBB
JOHN STARN wrote:
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Just a short update on our plans for the Tank SB. We ordered the parts &
"stuff" from Van's to do the job AND the #8 paint cutter from The Yard Store
just in case we do take off the tanks. It's a devise we have not used before
but it reportedly cuts the paint around the screw head so as to not tear the
paint away as the head turns while breaking the screw loose. We have a few
paint issues with the underside of the wings so we may just take them off &
do everything at once, one time. Plates are going back together with hex
head #8 x 32's and washers to increase the bite area. N561FS HRII KABONG
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Jim Anglin
Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 47
Location: Independence, OR (7S5 Airpark)
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| Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 8:46 am Post subject: Fuel Tank SB Experience |
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You really haven't missed anything. Some people did a lousy job of building their tanks, a lousy job of flying by not switching tanks when the engine quit because their fuel pickup came loose, and Van put out a Service Bulletin that all tanks have to be taken apart and the fuel pickup inspected and safety wired - the SB is on Van's website. Just do a good job of building your tanks, make sure all is tight before you close your tanks and you won't have to worry. As for safety wiring the nut I think that is ludicrous given all the similar nuts in all the systems that AREN'T safetied. And by the way - I talked to Dick VanGrunsven at breakfast last Saturday and he said it is not a mandatory SB - no such thing exists for experimental airplanes.
Jim Anglin
HR II N144HR
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