People kid me a lot about my designs having larger than necessary fins and about how much drag is usually involved. Hence, my self proclaimed tag, "Overstable By Design". And I'm fine with all that. I usually build this way because I can. I can only imagine what a HPR version of the APRO Lander would weigh.
Given that I do build this way, you can rest assured that most of the time, my rocket designs will be stable regardless of the "cool" factor. Another design I did back when I was a teenager, is still my "claim to fame" model, (if you will), Fiddle Faddle. You've prolly seen it around here at some time or other, but it truly represents the 'overstable by design' method I use. I have quite a few of them now and take one with me to most every launch. Kathy Miller, aka "Rocketlady" built a whole fleet of them, mostly for MPR & HPR. It was funny to hear that, everyone laughed and joked about her monster FF, but couldn't wait to see it fly. Made the showpiece of the event flight that day.
If you like, I could always prep my lander for a small field shot without nose weight, so you can see whether or not you'll want to add that extra oz of security. Granted, they may be built differently, but the are practically the same rocket.