Wing fuel tanks part 2 - first sealing, stringers and drainage port
The following photos tell all. However I noticed the sealed 3mm x 8mm rivets easily set at a slight angle unless careful attention is paid. The next day about 7 rivets in the left skin and 3 rivets in the right skin were extracted and re-sealed.
Masking
Flamemaster CS3204 B2 - mixing
Air-pressure driven dispenser - worth the outlay particularly after an hour or two as the sealant begins to thicken
Shaped nozzle helps laying out a bead
A bit too much laid down
After clecoing. For one of the skins this excess material was smeared back over the rivet tails and the other side pressed into a fillet
The result is a bit messy looking
but looks fine after the masking is removed
The second skin was done with a different approach - the beads were thinner with less squeeze out but each rivet tail was topped off with a blob
Author
This post is from Adam Dickson
