aviator79's build

[colospace]

I'll chime in here. That's a tube flaring tool for putting the flare on the tube as required for the AN fitting.

[jiott]

Right Gary. I also have one of those; its a very nice flaring tool made by Parker I believe (about $50 when I bought mine). You will need to borrow or buy some sort of flaring tool when you install the aluminum fuel lines with AN fittings.

[Esser]

Great pace Brian! Momentum is everything. At this pace we will be flying at the same time

[aviator79]

That is, in fact, a tube flaring tool for AN flared fittings. Piece of cake to use. I'm fortunate in that our EAA chapter has a tool crib from which I could rent it for $5. They are about $100 now I think, I don't intend to make that many flares.

[aviator79]

A lot of work this week, but not much to say. The left wing is now covered. Some extra poly-brush on the fiberglass and taking care of pinholes before spraying poly brush worked to prevent pinholes during spraying.

I got a start on the wingtip, but this one will be a bit more challenging. The scribe line(s) are in bad shape. They are missing entirely in some places, and the parts of scribe line I can find aren't colinear. I'm going to use the right wingtip and a laser line to make the left a mirror image of the right.

[Esser]

Ignore the scribe line. Just try to make it square and take off as little as possible.

[aviator79]

That's what I've read in other threads. On my right tip, the scribe lines ended up being perfect. I'm glad I did that one first. I'll be using a laser to make my own square cut lines. I think it will be fine.