A day that didn't go as planned

Tuesday did not go according to plan.

The weighing guy phoned me in the morning to say he had an accident on the motorway - some one rear ended him. So he was a no show.

Rex only did a light inspection as he wants to wait till Pete Wells is there for the final inspection where we take everything to pieces.

Anyway there is more than enough to be going on with in the meantime. I have a list of things to do from Rex.

Rex also has very kindly lent me his Boroscope to see inside the fuel tanks. It's really handy to see the state of 'no mans land' in the middle section of the tanks. Just look at the crap in the photo below!

Also re the paint problem I noticed that the landing gear fairing has not been affected by the fuel at all - despite being soaked in it for 48 hours the same as the surrounding fuselage areas. 

The fairing has clear coat on it and Rex agrees with me that areas of the base of the fuse do not look like they have been clear coated - it is patchy in places. Rex also said that the fact that the black and primer is not chemically bonded to one another is wrong. 

I will also seek the opinion of Pete Wells as another paint expert to see what he says before I take it any further.

View inside 'no mans land' in between the baffles in the middle of the tank - it's full of crap!

Note the gear leg fairing which has not suffered any damage due to fuel despite being soaked in it the same as the fuse.