jimmyjames213 my reply was to the OP jim.thornton and for whats its worth was not in any disagreement with you.

jim.thornton by the way did I mention your airplane looks great and I applaud you for your care in preparation. Yes when attaching weights do not depend the sticky to hold them they will come loose sooner if not later. Epoxy or a good ca job. Its simple in that airplane to just install them around the tank somewhere.

For what its worth with some problamatical airplanes which yours is not, is to even mount weights forward in the engine area. Have even mounted batteries forward under or to the side of engines in boxes fabricated to do the job.

John