I bolt the bellcrank to the bottom of the wing and run lines directly into it with no leadouts.  It's too much work to try & bury 9" of leadouts in the wing, especially with the elliptical shape.  If I cut enough clearance into the wing to bury the bellcrank, the two wing halves would be on the verge of falling off.

The leadout guide is just a plywood plate with a series of holes.  You can start out at the back and sneak forward as you go along.

It needs A LOT of tip weight, considering the 18" wingspan and vertical engine.  Maybe a full ounce?  When you pick it up by the spinner and tailskid, you want that outboard tip to stay down - or else eat the plane the first time you take off.

It's not really a pan rat.  It's just painted to look like one.

No and no.  Just straight away.

Tip weight never fails.

As far as I can see, the only thing that DQ's you from Perky Postal is going too fast.    With the the very low cap speed and "average wins" rules, nothing else makes much difference.

I've seen several with indoor leadouts.  All it does is assure that the leadouts will be too far aft.

I suppose the simplest thing for making a strong thin wing with internal leadouts would be to go for a solid carved balsa wing, or maybe 2 or 3 layers of balsa, like Team Racers when the winning designs were still wooden.

With the lines entering at wingtips (lower than designed), would there be need to change wing location or add dihedral?