Thanks for those suggestions. The reason I have the dowel pins for the rubber bands under the wing is to help hold it centered. Some people don't want to use the piece under the wing that was cut out of the fuse to secure it. But if they do, yoru idea is GREAT. Love it.
Mounting the motor before mounting the firewall would work, never thought of that.
Mounting the servos inside the fuse might cause some confusion to some of the new pilots. This is the reason I have put them in teh side. When you install them inside, you have to put the hole for the rods in the right place to keep them from binding and reach the control surface correctly. However, I have heard reports of this plane being tail heavy for some. If they were to mount the servos inside the fuse just behind the battery would cure this issue. I will see about adding some servo mounts to the plans for inside the fuse.
I used to have it on the plans to use a kfm4 airfoil for what you stated. It goes to 50% chord on both top and bottom fo the wing. I like this idea and I will see about creating a new file just for the wing. I need to build another trainer and I think I will be taking all of your ideas into account when I do.
Another thing that I might put on the plans is a bolt on wing. Rubber bands are better for beginners, but bolt on is just SO much faster.
And by the way, I have uploaded new plans that I updated last night. Nothing changed with the plans themselves, but I did add "V2" to them so that everyone knows they are the new plans with the new wing and tail.
Keep the ideas coming, I'm liking them.