Tonight was a big night.

After checking and re-checking everything inside of the tank (including rivet encapsulation, fillet creation, and float sender bending), I prepped the skin and baffle for closing the tank. (It’s not really closing yet, I haven’t finished the access panel.)

Once again, I didn’t take many pictures, but here’s the tank after riveting all the z brackets in place.

Becuase the bead of sealant sitting between the baffle and the skin is subject to gravity, I flipped the tank over to help the bead settle into the crevice inside the tank.

The next step is to close the tank access panel, then wait 48-72 hours before leak testing.

I’d like to leak test on Sunday, so I need to get the access panel complete tommorrow.

185 rivets 9 each on the two outermost ribs, 7 each for the 5 inner ribs, and 66 for each skin to baffle joint.

2.0 hours