I laid out the power system for my Y6 according to the 3DR docs, which means I have ESCs for motors 2 and 5 sandwiched between the body plates, with the other 4 zip-tied onto the outside of the plates, spanning the gap between them. All my bullet connectors that connect the ESCs to the motors are between the two plates, with the motor wires inside the arms.

This makes it a pain to replace motors, as each time I want to do so I need to take off the two avionics plates and take off the top body plate leaving nothing to hold the arms on. Putting it back together involves carefully rearranging all the wires between the two body plates so that they fit.

Ideally, I wouldn't have to replace motors, but stuff happens... so, questions:

1. Do the people in this group tend to keep their ESC-motor connections between the body plates, or do they tend to zip-tie the connections to the outside of the arms, where they can be easily accessed?
2. Do people remove the bullet connectors and solder wires, or is it not worth the work?
3. Is there any observable effect to moving weight away from the center of mass, e.g. reduction in yaw performance?
4. Is there a meaningful amount of additional wind resistance to having all the motor wires outside the arms?

Thanks!

Nick