Photo Description

Building a KIS Cruiser Wing

by

Bill Schertz, December, 1998

(Part 7)

VOR Antenna & Fuel Bay

Photo35

Here you can see my VOR antenna (copper foil tape) and the coax leading to it, and the masked off and coated fuel tank area on the bottom skin. I used Jeffco 9700 to coat the fuel tank. You can also see the sanded bond line areas for the ribs and spars.

Photo 36

Closeup of the fuel-tank area, withthe fuel drain hardpoint shown.

Photo 37

Fuel tank area, with the surfaces coated with the Jeffco 9700. Slosh Valve not yet installed in this photo.

Wing Close Out

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Closeout! All of the bonding areas on the lower skin were painted/squeegeed with undiluted Hysol, then the ribs, spar, and trailing edge were mounded with an ‘appropriate’ amount of Hysol/flox mix. Then two friends and I carefully positioned the lower skin into position, clecoed the leading edge, added many screws between the cleco’s, and then sandbagged the wing to let it cure.