Thanks jester, I will keep this in mind. I might play around with the configuration to lean in favor of less weight. I will have to see see how much the push rods with covers weight vs wires leading the the servo and hopefully find a optimum configuration.

My next topic I would like some advice on is about creating a steerable landing gear for the taxi mission. I want to try tail wheel and then a tricycle set up in order to compare the two. Do you guys have any suggestions of what I can look at while designing the parts? Below is a video of a very basic taxi test. We used the smallest wheels we had. Will test others soon once we have some steering.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/51ul7mra9qmz8jb/hapZ7LF7Eu

The pilot got another test flight in over the weekend. I was not there for this test either and I really cant tell much from the video but I will post the link below. I am not in charge of the the first prototype and I only have minimum influence on the decisions made but I would still want to ask what you guys think.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/pk53x0kk8a...Flight%203.AVI