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Thursday, November 27, 2014

Pitot / aoa line bracket, forward covers, fuel fittings and misc: 7 hours


  • made bracket for mounting pitot / aoa connectors for tubes from left wing
  • primed and installed above bracket
  • installed safeair1 elbow connectors for pitot / aoa tubes
  • made left and right f-782d brackets for forward spar covers
  • started fitting forward spar covers
  • enlarged pre-punched hole on right side of fuselage for fuel line grommet
  • enlarged hole on left side for bulkhead elbow fuel fitting for inverted fuel pick up
  • installed left elbow fitting for fuel line (positioning the spacer between the skin and gear attach web took a very long time)
  • did some practice fuel tube work including bending, cutting and flaring
  • spent time throughout the day researching all of the above items online

Pitot / aoa line connector mounted in fuselage:

F-782D forward spar cover brackets:

Forward spar cover work:

Fuel fitting for line to inverted pickup:

Grommet for right fuel line to wing tank:

Interior view of inverted fuel pickup elbow fitting: