Thanks, everyone, for all the input. What we've got the makings of here is the potential for a group project!

Every time you read a construction article the author tells you to "kit" the plane (cut out all the parts first) before starting. I rarely ever do that. Because, there's usually some little mod I end up wanting to make along the way.

So, the only thing that's been cut so far are the ribs for the other wing panel. That means I could still put the wing saddle on the top, or, completely re-design the tail.

skaliwag suggested the sub fin. He didn't say why, but I assume since he didn't see dihedral on my plans in conjunction with the tall vertical stab, he was thinking adverse roll (the plans do show a rudder, afterall). That's what proof readers are for! It will have dihedral and I doubt I'll have rudder, just aileron and elevator. Still, it's probably a good idea to chop off some of the fin and add some area down low. I originally had the fuse running straight back to the tail, but when I changed it that "ding" went off in my head, so I stop making changes.

Raymond makes a wise and practical point about how 1/2A planes see clumps of grass the same way a .60-size plane sees a corn stalk (the French called that Existential Phenomenology). So, the ground is a relative thing, assuming our planes have a consciousness (don't they?). The subfin can be liteply and I can cancel out any weight by cutting holes in the elevator and rudder sheets.

Thank again. More updates to come.