Stjohn's RV-7

4 hours.
Finished dimpling bottom wing skins and got the access doors done. This did not go perfectly. I didn’t set the clutch properly on my powered screwdriver, so I snapped one of the 6/32 screws for the forward edge of the left outboard access door. No big deal, except I don’t have a replacement 6/32 K1000. I wish I’d done this last week before I put in my order from Spruce. I’m not ordering a lone bloody platenut. I was going to wait until I messed something else up, but that didn’t take long; I did it as soon as I got to the fuel senders. To make the fuel float work, you’re supposed to bend the float wire 90 degrees about 3″ back from the float, then cut the wire off 3″ down from the bend. This insures your float goes all the way to the top and bottom of the tank. Well, what they don’t tell you anywhere on the plans or the float instructions is that you’re supposed to leave enough wire on the end to bend 90 degrees and stick it through the hole in the sender’s pivot. This keeps your float from flopping around. I found this out on VAF after I’d cut the wire. I only used 1/8″ for this bend, so it might still work just fine. If that’s not cool, I can make a new float wire out of extra piano hinge, which someone else did.
I’m also not sure what type of bolts/screws to use when fastening the sender to the access plate on the tank. Drawing 16A has all the fuel tank details, but I can’t find that tidbit anywhere.
The other thing I did was start pulling some pieces out of the tailcone and clecoing/leaning/stowing them where they’re supposed to go on the airplane. It saves some time looking for stuff, and reduces some of the psychological impact of such a huge pile of parts.