ORIGINAL: underdw
Beautiful!
Alex, I'm curious as to why you and other designers rarely put the wing on the thrust line? I don't know that that is better, but it seems to make sense to me.
I don't know what other designers think, but in my opinion the wing provides the lift but it's the stab that keeps the plane tracking straight. I placed the stab on the thrust line so it's in a more neutral position. The wing is placed a little lower to keep the stab in clean air, away from wing interference.
Timble, the plan is to have a full composite model. Carbon will be used only in the nose of the fuselage, the rest is glassfiber-airex sandwich.