these EL paper are an electrical device
you are fitting into a metal apron (or is your Trons apron plastic?)(just considered that)
True the advantage of the DX6i controller is it is encased in plastic, but still had to be careful with other delicate electronics inside, and not much space...
I believe the light wires I am putting in my tron pro are also essentially the same technology, though more plug and play delivery..