As it turns out everything can be solved by excessive quantities of hot glue.

This current CAD design is out of date, as i rearranged the wing configuration on the fly. In order to improve flow over the rear wing i displaced it downwards, hopefully it will now take advantage of the downwash from the forward wing, which will take advantage of the boundary layer ingestion of the ducted fan.

I also ended up changing how the vertical stabilizers are set up so that they have more yaw authority.

in the spirit of the low cost nature of this build i reused a piece of styrofoam packaging for the fuselage. I used some more of the half inch thick foam to make the base of it and the sides of the nose.

Its turning out pretty well, and next step is 3d printing some parts for the motor mounting and landing gear. I also need to figure out battery placement to help stability.