I'm pretty sure going to experimental would place various restrictions on the flying of the aircraft. Â*

I really like to fiddle my own panel/Oâ‚‚/cockpit as I see fit, without
paying someone $100+ an hour to do it for me, usually not to my liking
(no mechanic cares as much about my glider as I do I also like
being able to do other repair work on it myself, of course following
the FAR guidelines on work/inspection/signoffs. There are no
*practical restrictions on your flight regime in an EXP glider though.
Besides not being able to use it commercially (renting it out, not an
issue for your Cirrus ) and a little extra paperwork, the only
limitation I can think of would be including the term 'experimental'
in your identification stream when announcing yourself to ATC if you
ever need to.

I had an EXP glider I thought I wanted to be Std when I first got it.
After looking at what the actual differences are (not the perceived
ones...), I realized I don't want a Std reg glider for myself anyhow.
Seeing you are up for making your own winglets, to me it's strange you
would lean towards Std since it keeps your obviously skilled hands
tied behind your back...

-Paul