RE: Skybolt hangar and clubhouse
Thanks, guys.
I found a few sources for the Hostetler kits, and I think they're all associated with each other. The model looks like it's going to be pretty heavy for the size, though I'm sure it'll fly okay.
It's about 5" more wingspan than my GP Super Stearman, and I think the extra weight is due to old-style stick building design versus the weight savings of today's lite-ply engineering we now see so much. My Super Stearman (at 15 pounds and 1440 sq inches) should be highly-powered with the 30CC engine it has, whereas the Hostetler model at estimated weight of 24 pounds and 1660 sq inches would be an underpowered dog. They recommend 50CC minumum.
I don't have all the info yet, so I'll keep researching it.
I'm not concerned with scale, smithcreek. I really like the looks of the GP Skybolt. If it doesn't look like it's scale, then I probably wouldn't like the actual full-scale Skybolt as much as I do the GP. I finished with scale modeling years ago. Sure, they look good, but scale modeling means extra weight to me, and nothing more.
Jim