Seems as though the ratio of articles about peaceful, productive use of UAS technology to fearful, war themed, police state articles is running about 1 to 10.   This one takes the time to interview people that have ideas about using them for good purposes.

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/18/for-civilian-drones-the-sky-is-the-limit/?hp

Found a neat little plastic box at "The Container Store" for 99 cents.  Fits the UBlox LEA 6H in width and height perfectly.  May need to stuff a foam spacer on the length wise side.  Just tried it in the backyard and the GPS got a fix in about 30 seconds - the plastic cover is not adversely affecting the reception.

I waited until I was able to get the Bixler Chassis installed before I went out on a flight with my APM 2.5+.  Once I turned it on, the uBlox got position really fast.  It was really windy today.  I took off in manual mode, flipped the switch to "Stabilize" and it leveled off like a champ.   I alternated between Manual and Stabilize for a while, then I switched to RTL and it performed perfectly!  Really glad I got the Chassis, because it made attaining the CG super simple.  Thanks to everyone that helped to answer my questions.  Looking forward to many more flights.