The plate goes right back to the speedo, so I'm wondering if it acting as a stiffener as well, bit like the carbon one he had on his B-Max4.
Although the biggest problem with flex is around the battery compartment and a lot of this is relying on the battery clamp taking the flex out. Which is not the perfect answer and where I much prefer the stiffness of my old B-Max2 chassis, but that's RM only
Also he has six ally nuts either side of the saddle pack and at the back of the chassis, as though a plate could possibly be bolted below the chassis.
The servo also looks to be mounted further back.
A lot of questions, but he does do a lot of wacky experiments