Got some more work done, the hatch is almost finished. Just need to finish sanding the sides smooth with the curve of the fuselage.
Also, I'm going to order taller landing gear. I mounted the stock landing gear with the 3 1/4" wheels and put the engine and propeller on; the clearance was about 2" and when the plane is level to the ground (for touch and go's, landings, and takeoffs) the propeller is less than half an inch off the ground. And I fly at a very rough grass runway! The Dubro super strength .35-.61 landing gear gains an inch of clearance; the stock landing gear is 3.5" tall and this one is 4.5" tall. I'll also be able to drill my own holes.
Finally, one more issue: I heard people complaining about the pushrods but I was curious as to why. Upon not finding any metal pushrods in the package besides 10 or so 6" pushrods, I looked in the manual and found that they use nylon tubes with the metal pushrods at the ends! Tiny nylon tubes? As pushrods?! I'm sorry, that sounds crazy to me. The tubes will flex like crazy and have a ton of friction in the pushrod housings! What should I do? Buy real metal pushrods?

Anyway that's all. See pictures to know what I'm talking about

Stay tuned and I'd like to hear from you all about the pushrods!<br type="_moz" />