Another thing I find interesting about this discussion is that people seem to think you need to drill a bunch of holes in your roof and then seal them to prevent/delay leaks.
While the glass panels are certainly heavier the newish ultra high bond strength adhesives are pretty amazing. There really is no reason not to trust them in this sort of application.
Just glue down some mounting points and then bolt your panels to them. The OP's design intent seems to be to keep the panels as low as possible so this idea really would not be useful for him.
This will not answer rando's query but the failed flex panels I've seen all had opaque outer layers and laminate separation both of which would likely be sped up by introducing heat into the equation. The important thing is not really why they might fail but the time it takes them to fail. The first would be nice to know but potentially irrelevant if they last long enough.
Edited by roverjohn, 11 January 2019 - 07:22 PM.