Good Morning,
I am finally getting started on my quick build wings reading through the plans and inspecting the work done. In general everything looks great. However, Vans included a separate notice for quick builders to carefully inspect the fuel tank attachment screws and bolts as they may not be fastened completely for shipping. I found the exact opposite. Not only were all the screws and bolts in but the bolts were way over torqued. I checked a few of them and they were all right around 60 in lbs. These are AN3-4a bolts. I plan on removing both tanks anyway to do a leak test and install the old school stall waring system. My question is, should those bolts be replaced with new ones? Has anyone else noticed the same thing?
Other than that I would call the workmanship excellent from what I have seen so far.
Thanks,
Dave
I am finally getting started on my quick build wings reading through the plans and inspecting the work done. In general everything looks great. However, Vans included a separate notice for quick builders to carefully inspect the fuel tank attachment screws and bolts as they may not be fastened completely for shipping. I found the exact opposite. Not only were all the screws and bolts in but the bolts were way over torqued. I checked a few of them and they were all right around 60 in lbs. These are AN3-4a bolts. I plan on removing both tanks anyway to do a leak test and install the old school stall waring system. My question is, should those bolts be replaced with new ones? Has anyone else noticed the same thing?
Other than that I would call the workmanship excellent from what I have seen so far.
Thanks,
Dave