Wing Shims Cut/Deburred and Pitot Tube Planning

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I probably won’t get much time to work on the plane for the next week and a half because of work travel and other items. But we’ll see. I did finally find the wing shims. I didn’t dig deep enough into my small parts box. It was at the bottom of that. I got those cut and deburred entirely. I did watch Van’s Aircraft’s video about how to do the tank sealing. I also watched PlaneLady’s video on the same process. Trying to get my mind into that whole process. I liked Van’s video better but PlaneLady’s video had some small tid-bits that were specific to the RV-10 that were good. I plan to at least disassemble the tanks and get the T-1005-L/R countersunk and also start the dimpling on the right tank. Actually, I need to scuff up and clean the skins and parts first before I dimple as Van’s went over so that I can get the scuffing thoroughly through to all the parts of the skin that need it. Oh, and I also bought a few parts today too. I bought the Dynon pitot mount which is specific to the RV-10 wing. It will fit the Garmin GAP 26 and will give me some good reinforcement right out of the box. I also ordered some size 6 rivets to fill the holes in the ribs that Van’s asks you to fill. Even Van’s themselves did that, instead of putting spare aluminum sheeting behind it. I think that will be a better solution and more solid.

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