RE: engine upside down
I've got an inverted .40 la in my voyager, flies great. (i second against the idea of a .60, this plane is fairly light and would just be a pig to fly with that chunk of lead on the nose, not to mention you would pretty much abandon the cowl at that point) I wouldn't bother trying to mount it upright, i don't think you could get the fuel tank high enough to get it to the centerline.