Sorry I haven't posted any updates lately… I haven't been able to work much on the airplane, because I was spending all my free time earning my CFI in helicopters:
Helicopter Instructor
Matt's RV-7 Project
"The way to build aircraft or anything else worthwhile is to think out quietly every detail, analyze every situation that may possibly occur, and, when you have it all worked out in practical sequence in your mind, raise heaven and earth and never stop until you have produced the thing you have started to make."