Hey Jeff, I did same and borrowed Soneebees's antenna ideas. I used one of the carbon fibre rods out of a destroyed foam blade, held it into the skids with some orings for easy removal if I need, wrapped the antenna arround it then left a few inches hanging and covered it with heat shrink - seems to work well.

PS... I did have it out the front, but it was too low to the ground and very easy to hit at a small angle and I was worried it was going to trip me up, especially if I landed on grass (not that I have flown outside yet - hasnt stopped raining and blowing a gale since I got the damn thing flyable!)