RV-9A: Right Fuel Tank - 1/24/2007
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 Started removing the blue plastic film from the right tank skin
This is tedious, but worth it, I think…
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 Started dimpling the tank skin with the special tank dimple dies
I took my time and gave each dimple one big “whack”, while trying to keep the C Frame dimpler positioned over one of the table legs. When I whack a dimple when the dimpler is over the middle of the table, it tends to make a dip in the skin around the dimple.
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 Dimpled the tank screw holes
The instructions say to use the C Frame dimpler for this, but to me it makes big dips in the skin around the dimples. When I use my ATS hand squeezer, the dimples came out perfect, with no dips. On the other tank, I tried using an Avery yoke, but it had to much “give” in it to make a good flat dimple. The ATS squeezer yoke is heavy duty and doesn’t “give” when squeezing really hard.
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 All nice and dimpled.
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 Dimpled the ribs and stiffeners
I used the special tank dimple dies on these guys as well.
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