{"id":2932,"date":"2014-08-28T07:59:23","date_gmt":"2014-08-28T11:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/?p=2932"},"modified":"2014-11-02T08:14:40","modified_gmt":"2014-11-02T13:14:40","slug":"finishing-the-tank-support-brackets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/?p=2932","title":{"rendered":"Finishing the tank support brackets"},"content":{"rendered":"

One more task on the tank support brackets – drilling holes that accommodate the bolts that attach the tank support brackets to the tank flanges. I copied an idea from fellow builder Mike Bullock and used a 1\/4″ OD drill bushing to drill a #40 pilot hole in the tank angle. The bushing fits snugly in the 1\/4″ cutout on the tank support bracket, ensuring that the hole is nicely centered.<\/p>\n

\"Tank<\/a><\/p>\n

Here’s the bushing clamped in place on the aft side of one tank bracket…<\/p>\n

\"Drill<\/a><\/p>\n

I then used the #40 hole to center a 1\/4″ drill bushing on the front to the bracket, held in place by a piece of 0.25″ aluminum bar.<\/p>\n

\"Larger<\/a><\/p>\n

Here’s the final result…both sides came out pretty nicely. \u00a0A 1\/4″ bolt slips neatly into place.<\/p>\n

\"Final<\/a>I screwed up a little and didn’t lay out the orientation of the platenut that gets riveted to the tank angle – I’ll have to take care of that when the wings go on for final assembly.<\/p>\n

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One more task on the tank support brackets – drilling holes that accommodate the bolts that attach the tank support brackets to the tank flanges. I copied an idea from fellow builder Mike Bullock and used a 1\/4″ OD drill … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,7,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fuel-tanks","category-fuselage","category-wings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2932"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2932\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2945,"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2932\/revisions\/2945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}