Today, Van's sent me confirmation of my fuselage order.  It is scheduled to ship July 19th.  Add two weeks for freight and I should have the fuselage in the garage sometime around August first.  It may be difficult to accept delivery while I am at Airventure...  Regardless, I better get my butt in gear on the wings or I won't even be close to ready.

I had to chuckle when Van's sent the invoice.  Down in big letters at the bottom it stated:

* Verify RV-7 or RV-7A *

How did they know that I cannot make up my mind and that I change it on an hourly basis...  You mean I can still change my order???  I read the fine print on page 2 and it stated I could change my mind, but all changes were required to be in writing.

Well back to my current reality...  It feels like this tank prep work is never going to end...  Tonight, I got the inboard rib tank vent line and the BNC connector hole for the capacitance senders drilled.  Determining placement was the most difficult part AND I don't think it matters as long as you are on the rib somewhere.  Whenever Van's doesn't offer specific instructions, I think that I am missing something.  Well, Van's states to put the vent in an approximate location and has an arrow on the print.  OKAY, that is exactly what I did.  For the capacitance sender connection (BNC Jack), the print states to place this connection approximately 2" from the vent line and 3/4" from the rib flange.

The spacer washer highlighted below is necessary to secure the tank vent AN833-4D fitting to the thin rib web.  I didn't think Van's mentioned it, but after closer review of the print, there was an annotation to this fact.

You can also see a close up of my first tank sealant work.  We electricians have a saying when soldering: "Bigger The Blob, The Better The Job".  I wonder if that applies to tank sealant as well?  Kidding aside, I was pretty happy how those sealed plate nuts turned out.

Last, but not least, Tami came out for a little over an hour and helped disassemble the fuel tank, remove vinyl on the external side of the skin and debur everything.

I have a lofty goal for this week.  As everyone knows, it is Memorial Day weekend this upcoming weekend.  With our screwy schedule at work, I have Friday off.  That means a 4-day weekend for me.  I am planning on putting in an air conditioner on Friday and the rest of the weekend is committed to the plane.  If temperatures cooperate, I want to have the tank done by the time I go back to work on Tuesday...  Wish me luck.