Considering that it's for youth, presumably with no previous flying experience,
if at all possible convert the undercarriage to tricycle. I built my own Europa
and have over 600 hours experience with the mono-wheel, but I converted mine
to tricycle a couple of years ago because it had twice ground-looped with very
experienced friends at the controls.
To quote the designer "The Mono requires an 'above average pilot' stick and
rudder
wise. The pilots that are 'up to it' love them....others all too often become
scared of them and then convert to a tri-gear. All too often before they have
invested in some good training!"
While I greatly enjoyed flying mine as a mono-, I wouldn't advocate letting
youth
learn to fly in one and getting put off flying after experiencing a ground-loop
incident. Nobody gets hurt but it's alarming.
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