"I'm not very familiar with this sort of design, but I'd call this a panicked reading of the data sheet.
 No where does it "recommend" 12 v.  I would say that 12V is mentioned because it's a common input voltage. 
I would also expect  "recommended…"

"I switched to a similar solution, though I may need to add some shims to keep the wings from wiggling in bumpy weather."

"What about this?

http://code.google.com/p/vim-win3264/

Looks like there's a xxd binary in there."

"It's apparently installed with vim, at least on my Fedora machine."

"This looks more interesting the more I read about it.  I'm looking forward to seeing specifics on what folks are doing with this."

"I saw the webinar on YT.  It was awesome.  
I'm looking forward to the SITL follow up.   Hopefully you haven't had second thoughts, it looks like a lot of work. :)"

"It's probably a quality/process control issue, which isn't totally shocking, really."

"I tried with two needle nose pliers, two vice grips and vice grips and screwdrivers, but I can't get the prop adapter to budge."

"I noticed the kite stores stock solid fiberglass spars.  Has anyone tried this as a replacement?
I see some people claim non foam safe CA works with EPO.  True of false?
I tried a bit of plain old superglue as a test and didn't notice any melting or…"

"The APC is in the mail.  I was using the current prop as a placeholder.
I've also played with Gorilla glue after reading about epoxy concerns.  I have non adhesive backed velcro on hand and nothing seems to work all that well to stick it to the…"

"Good point, I'll see what I can do about tucking them in."

"Gak.  Fixed the attribution.  Sorry Mike."