I got the fuselage sheeting done today. It's nowhere near perfect but should look fine in the air.
The neck section is extremely strong now. I have no doubt that it'll be able to hold the nose filled with batteries, but now I'm concerned with all of that weight being held by two foam spars.
I also redesigned the retract mounts so I could remove the units themselves to secure the pins. The oleos don't twist anymore, the rest of the slop is where they meet the bogies, which is negligible. I've decided to forego the gear doors for now, mainly because they proved to be way to much of a hassle to get right. I'd rather get the plane flying first and add them later.
What's Left (W/ regards to building):
-Final alignment of the Mains
-Receiver hatch
-Sheeting of the cockpit/nose area
-Hollow out the front fuselage for the batteries
-Get the wings to fit tight, add mounting screws in the spars
-Clean everything up (Sand surfaces, remove dripped glue, etc.)
What's Left (W/ regards to everything else):
-MAKE SURE CG IS IN THE PROPER LOCATION
-Finish pre-flight checklists / abort criteria
-Extensive electronics testing (ex. installed thrust test, servo loading, etc.)
-Taxi tests
-MAIDEN
I'd also like to know your guys' thoughts about the new image formatting. I feel like the "thumbnail" size is too small, but the "Full image" option takes up the whole screen. About halfway between, on the old site style, felt like the sweet spot. Coincidentally, this seems to be about the size as the video in the post above, at least as I remember it. Not too intrusive, but not too small as to hide detail.