Mods,
Beginners and Skybolts??? I hope that you are beginning builders and not beginning flyers. The Skybolt is NOT a good second or even third airplane. It (IMHO) is a double handful to fly. It needs speed to land. If you cut power too early, mine had a MOSLER glide ratio. MOSLER being a Safe (as in a bank safe) Of course, that sort of thing keeps the old adrenal gland working well. Just my opinion.