My Skybolt came out at 7pounds ~4ounces, and with the OS61/pitts balanced right where the manual suggested.

Today was a bit too blustery to tell for sure, but the airplane actually felt a bit nose heavy. If she continues to handle like this when it's calm, I'm absolutely positive that I'll at least be moving the battery back from it's design location.

I was shooting touch and goes on the 2nd flight to try out different landing strategies and darned if I didn't forget about the way the wind was blustering. I was fat dumb and happy and trying to see how slow she'd go, and darned if the wind didn't quit. You know why they say you oughta always have some reserve speed on the airplane for windy landings? Momentum.... And all of a sudden, she didn't have any. And then all of a sudden she had a blast of headwind. Amazing little bird, she is..... And that engine ain't too shabby neither.......... Not even close to a close call..... no sweat...... only thing hurt was one of the guys. I think he pulled a muscle in his stomach or something from what I'm told was an AWESOME flinch..... She just sorta dipped when the wind stopped, and I swear she might have backed up in the almost immediate blast, and then flew on out............ excellent, excellent day at the field.....

oh..... gotta remember to dink with the lowspeed needle on the OS before the next takeoff. The transition is still stumbling from the factory safe rich lowspeed setting. It really was luck the engine didn't quit when I hit the throttle, after all, I think I bent the stick...