I just wanted to comment on something said earlier in the thread. Tip plates will not increase the tendency to snap.

I have been using tip plates since 1977 and in every case they have reduced the stall speed, lowered the landing speed, made the plane harder to snap and spin.

On several different occasions during the years, friends of mine have tried planes with removeable tips to compare characteristics with and without tip plates. In every case they have verified my findings: Lower stall and landing speeds, harder to enter spins and snaps.