Proseal Day
Today I felt like I finally had enough stuff queued up to open up a little package of Proseal (a.k.a. Flamemaster Corporation Sealing Compound CS 3204 – Integral Fuel Tank Se
Wiring up the fuel pumps
Update 20210918: I didn’t install the Eggenfellner Subaru engine, so any post that references that can be ignored or used as a cautionary tale about how to avoid wasting many
Static ports
The Van’s static air kit is pretty simple, but rather elegant. The external ports are pop rivets that you just push out the mandrel, and glue into the fuselage with RTV. Van&
Rethinking the flop tube
Update 20210918: I didn’t install the Eggenfellner Subaru engine, so any post that references that can be ignored or used as a cautionary tale about how to avoid wasting many
Fuel Vent lines
Got the fuel vent lines installed. This was my first experience bending aluminum tubing, and it was pretty easy. I used one of those spring type sleeves that slide over the outside
Austin shopping trip
I went for a little shopping trip to Austin last week, and I was able to get all this junk in my two bags, and keep them both just barely under the 70 pound limit for international
Fuel return line
Update 20210918: I didn’t install the Eggenfellner Subaru engine, so any post that references that can be ignored or used as a cautionary tale about how to avoid wasting many
Fuel sender install
The fuel level sender gets installed differently on the tank that has the flop tube, so that it does not interfere with the flop tube. With the QB tanks, this installation is not t
Flop tube installation
Normally you only need a flop tube when you plan to fly upside down for extended (more than about 30 seconds) period of time. I probably won’t be doing this anytime soon, sin