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Date:  6-14-2015
Number of Hours:  1.00
Manual Reference:  ch 21
Brief Description:  Another leak and other fixes

It's creepy how Heat and Sun can really screw with an airplane made of glue and foam. NOT in a good way. This Grey primer has turned out to be right about as dark as I would want this bird. The big Texas move took 6 weeks to finalize and Now temps are steadily in the 90's. Unfortunately, delams and off-gassing isn't the only issue, I've found yet another fuel leak in the same sump as before. This time a very bizaare pinhole that has developed in a strange place. And even more weird it only leaks in flight. VERY small amounts of residual blue can be seen in pic 1 and the culprit hole on the forward side of the sump. How this got here is a mystery to me. And it's on the opposite side of the original leak. Anyways, Glad these are working themselves out BEFORE the wrap. ;) I tackled the issue with Micro and she's ready for more test flights.
I also spot filled some other small areas including one that was hit by a big bug in flight hard enough to expose it's thin area of skin. This spot was most likely VERY thin to begin with. I cleared out the area where it was really easy to cut and injected it with micro as well.
Right now, I would guess that I've found around 20 delams all over the airplane in various places. My goal is to fix ALL of them and leave the airplane out in the HOT Texas sun long enough to see that NO other delams show up. At that point she will be block sanded down and in HOT pursuit of a first ever, Long Ez Wrap!!
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small fuel leak

small fuel leak

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Micro fill and fix

Micro fill and fix

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Leading edge hole to fill

Leading edge hole to fill

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