RE: A different approach
Nice work! If you're lookng to save some weight definitely (as a few people have suggested already) use a smaller Rx pack. What are you using for bracing on the tail? I hope it's not music wire. Maybe you could use Kevlar thread or something similar. Or even some C.F. rod. Weight in the tail is always bad even in a short-coupled plane.
John Pavlick
Team Black Magic