Longer legs and a blue ball

I've re-made the main arm of the L/G, making it longer and better positioned when stowed. I'm also half way through assembling the second leg (rear pair will probably have to be a different size). I'm having second thoughts about the sprung slider mech too; it adds complexity, weight and it won't even work too well because of the angle. Should I scrap it and go for a fixed lower leg? Would anyone notice? Would anybody care?

Notice the ball in the nose? That'll be the location of the pan/tilt camera and LED "searchlight".

Different angle of the longer leg, deployed.

The stowed position is much better and the wider footprint will improve stability.

Also, I was originally going to have the cargo ramp on the bottom, opening forward, but the L/G isn't going to give much room so I'll have to go for the traditional rear ramp under the tail.