Upon closer inspection the hose has dried up in several places and I don't feel like spending extra money to pursue this idea any further. I'll keep it around as a project worth revisiting at a later stage or if I ever come across an air cilinder half the size of this one. For there is just not enough wiggle room to get some armour on it.

Don't worry about it too much, there will be a beetle weight since i did order the botbitz 10amp esc's recently, just not a flipper.