RE: Adding winglets to ARF wingtips
Didn't see they were digitals but even though not very power hungry. I wouldn't call CF gear brittle. On a landing that would bend your aluminum gear will most likely delaminate a CF gear. The cood news is you can flow some thin CA into the delam, clamp it for a couple hors and it's as good as new.
I realize you may not want to go through all that effort but remember that with this hobby, you will only get out of it what you put into it. I intended this to not only be of benifit for you but others too so I went into a fair amount of detail. I do think that once you fly a really light airplane you will have more appriciation for how much better they fly. I expect alot out of my airplanes and put alot of effort into them, I realize that is not for everyone and as long as you have fun it's all good.