Tue 19 December 2006 |
| As a last ditch effort to save the RHS fuel line, I reworked the end as best I could and tried to flare it. The problem was it was very marginal on getting enough tube into the flaring tool. | 
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| In the end - it wasn't enough! I used flare fitting and tried tightening up the nut, the flare broke off too weak.... oh well | 
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| This shows the problem - the identified AL Tube (the lower one) now has to be extracted and re-made. It goes to the forward fuel selector location, through the ribs, through the gear weldment and then out through the skin. Not something for today - and I still might take the flexible tube route. | 
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| To try and work out what a valid solution is, I decided to try a similar plan on the LHS. Trimmed with the cut-off wheel. | 
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| Cleaned up and flared this is the result. It is about as close as I can get the gascolator to the side of the fuselage. I'm not sure if this is good enough, I'm worried that the weight of the (filled) gascolator will be too much. More thought / ideas needed. | 
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