Troy, perhaps a stupid question, but you mentioned the Gator wing is too stable and suggest going to a double-taper planform from the single-taper. Aerodynamically, doesn't moving the wingtip forward actually decrease the stall speed of the wing (e.g. stabilize it)?
Mind you, I'm not arguing with success, but something in the bowels of my dank and dusty engineering education is tickling me and I'm not sure exactly what it is...sorry, but it's the geek in me coming out.