“No bird ever flew nonstop from New York to Tokyo, or raced 15 miles high at triple the speed of sound.                                                                                                   
  Birds do something else.   They do not conquer the air; they romance it..”


Peter Garrison

Jur's RV7 Aircraft Factory
3497 hours
and counting

I strongly recommend following the Dan Checkoway way of drilling the Z fuel tank attach brackets to the wing.

The method described in the manual of Vans can be done much better and precise using this method.

Dan's site is unfortunatly no longer on line but Jason Beaver documented it quite well on his site.

You can read the article here