AJ1202, In have uploaded a couple of photos of how I strengthened the landing gear and the tail skid I put on.
For the LG I just epoxied a spare piece of foam across it as I epoxied the base in.
For the tail skid I used some of the left over foam from the wing strut stuff and used the GWS glue to stick 2 pieces together then shaped it. I used the GWS glue to stick a strip of margarine container to the out side of the skid to make it slip better and strengthen it. Then epoxies the skid to the tail after sanding bothareas nice and flat. Seem pretty strong but the proof will come when it flies.
Took your suggestion and changed over to brushless. I exchanged the CC Sprite-25 ESC for a CC Thunderbird-18. Picked up a Hacker E3-49 which is a 4900kv inrunner...the guy in the store said it should make the E-Starter go vertical so I'll have to be easy on the throttle
Still waiting on the Spektrum radio system to come in so it will be a few weeks before maiden