Daily Archives: 03/07/2019

Canopy, Centre Console, Engine, Fuel System, Internal Trim

Wednesday 3rd July 2019

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Music: Reverend And The Makers

Short day today so just a couple of items. The first thing for today was setting the trim speed so it falls within the acceptable stop to stop time limits for the LAA followed by fitting the fuel pipe between the wing tanks and fuselage and finishing off by driving the holes for the LEMO plugs for the Bose headsets and fitting the rear trim panel. Also called CFS to see if my floats for the Rotax engine need changing as there has been a fault that’s been affecting them for 5 years now. You’d think they’d have sorted it out by now eh?

The starboard wing has a single pipe that runs from the fuel tank in the wing to the fuselage. It’s quite a tight fit so need to make sure it doesn’t kink and it’ll need protecting with some sheathing.
The Port wing fuel tank has two pipes one for supply and one for return. When starting the engine it’s important to select the Port fuel tank as any surplus fuel is returned to that tank. If it’s already full it will overflow. Must make sure you don’t get the supply and return mixed up!
The feed and return pipes from the fuselage. The bottom one is the return.
I’ve already fitted the centre canopy release mechanism so all that is required is to drill and shape the two holes for the LEMO headset sockets. They fit from underneath so they can be fitted with the sockets already attached.
Last job of the day is to fit the rear trim panel. I decided to make the panel removable so Rivnuts and screws are used to secure.