Fuel System Redo and Land Gear Fabric Work Thoughts

Wow,  now that the fuselage is back in the garage Ed and I have been giving a lot of  thought on various things.  First, we were never happy withe the flares on the fuel line runs so we decided to buy a new, highly recommended, fuel line flare tool.  We removed all the old fuel line and started running the new fuel lines.  But after some more thought, we are now planning on a more radical change in the fuel line routing and incorporating the Andair gascolator into the run.  We are currently in the planning stages on the new runs.

We are also thinking about adding a baggage door to the side of the fuselage.  Since the baggage area is so deep, having a side access door has been highly recommended by other Highlander/SuperSTOL builders. Like the new fuel routing we are currently in the planning stages on this.

And finally, we knew this was coming and the "kinda" planned a little, but we now need to give serious thought on how the fabric will be done in the area of the landing gear.  Access holes though the fuselage will need to be made so the solid Grove landing gear can be rune through the fuselage.  The mounting bracket for the gear is causing a lot of grief.  We've how come to the conclusion that some additional non-structural parts will need to be added to support the fabric work.  Then once the fabric work is done, some type of fairing will need to be constructed to cover up the holes.  We are also concerned about cold air infiltration, so that is going to take some more thought to overcome.

So not a lot of physical work was done, but a lot of time has been put into this effort.  Hours: 4

Some additional structure being considered

Prototyping structure with fuel line and hot glue