2.7 Hours -
Today, I finished drilling all the holes in the right fuel tank to their final size. I also countersunk the rows of skin to baffle holes. With this done, the right tank is now at the same stage where I left off on the left tank.
Next, I started fabricating the T-405 tank attach angles. These are made from some 2” x 2.5” x 3/8” angle stock. Since the T-410 reinforcing plate fits inside the rib perfectly, I used it as a guide for cutting the rib side of the T-405 bracket. On the other side, I used a 1” radius on the curved portion and then just eyeballed the rest of it. All of the rough cuts were made on my band saw. Its going to take a lot of work with a file and Scotchbrite wheel to smooth the brackets out.
I started cutting the T-405 tank attach angle from the stock supplied by Van's. The inboard rib is used to make the contour and I was careful to make one left and one right.
Another view of the tank attach angles in progress.
The left bracket is finished and looks good, time to start the right.
Both tank attach brackets are rough cut. It's going to take a lot of work to smooth out this thick stock.
