Long ago, with very little stick and tissue experience, I built and flew a Javelin. The only mods were leaving off the landing gear and using a slightly bigger prop. As I recall, it was good for about a minute, despite the oak masquerading as balsa and the thick airfoil. I've seen the Fairchild 24 fly well, but my guess would be that the Flyboy might be the best flier. That's just by looking at the plans, though. I should mention that I've heard Guillows is using lighter wood these days. And the Flyboy probably doesn't have an excessive amount of wood in it, the way some of the older designs do.
Are you sure you don't want to build some other company's Embryo or P-30? You could check out Easy Built, or Volare Products, or Pecks. Pecks Prairie Bird is an old classic. Pecks now has the Golden Age line. The Golden Age kits are printwood, though, so you have to cut out a lot of parts yourself. The Pacific Ace is popular in our free flight club, especially the smaller one. I have the Easy Built kit for the Ritz. Seems like a nice kit, and I'm guessing it will fly quite well.
You can find some other companies here:
http://flyingacesclub.com/wp/links/Don't forget the plans section.
While you're waiting for your order to come in, you might consider a Pussycat. I think I built mine in 4 hours, though I was in a hurry. An excellent flyer for such a simple little thing.
https://www.hippocketaeronautics.com/hpa_plans/details.php?image_id=4914&mode=searchSome other simple model plans, including more by Dick Baxter, designer of the Pussycat:
http://www.gryffinaero.com/models/ffpages/plans/plans.htmlSo many designs. So little time!
You might check out the Mooney Bostonian designs here on Hip Pocket. Maybe someone's even kitting them.