If only I had room in Atlas to bring a coupla dozen ears...

Sounds like you need a bigger airplane. :-)

Luggage pods. You have hard points on those wings, don't you?

How about on-top luggage pods like the engines on that new Honda Jet? g

Those are cool, no? Imagine the structure at the attachment points?
Must be some kind of incredibly strong hard points, for sure.

Belly pod on Dakota/Pathfinder? Anyone attempt something like this? Is there
room?

Not much room under the plane for a pod -- the gear isn't tall enough.
It's the only problem with having the same useful load as a Cherokee
Six -- we run out of space before we run out of payload capability.
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