Here's the ugly stick

http://store.laser-design-services.c...roducts_id=105

Or go with a the .90 size Bridi for better wind handling and easier visibility

http://www.bridiairplanes.com/hangar/bridistick.html

If you're considering an ARF I think this is the sharpest looking one on the market, and of course your LHS may have a suggestion from the lines they normally carry as well

http://www.texasrcplanes.com/dragstick40.html

The only thing you give up with a stick vs. a trainer is that the stick won't level itself out from a sideslip like a trainer will, and it doesn't fight being rolled over on its side like a trainer does. In every other flying characteristic though it's better- it lands easier, handles the wind way better, is more obedient, and can be turned up really hot if you want to. So if you are able to fly circuits without accidentally getting upside down or over rolling your turns you'll be happy you got the stick. Every trainee I've seen (including myself) who went from a traditional trainer to a stick has said that they are surprised how much easier the stick is to fly.

Here's something that might make these decisions easier in the future. To my mind, there are 4 categories of planes that one progresses through as their skill levels increase:

Trainers: self-righting, resistant to being flown any way but straight and upright, very gentle stall characteristics (low stall speed, roots stall first) made for initial pilot training.
Sport planes: not self righting (or not as much), gentle to very gentle stall characteristics, built to be flown hard and abused
Aerobats: no self-righting characteristics, low stall speed but tend to tip stall, built for pilots who know what they are doing and want a plane that will perform
Specialty: This includes many biplanes, heavy scale warbirds, jets and racers, and anything else built with a focus on style rather than flying characteristics. Unforgiving stall characteristics, fast landing and takeoff speeds, sensitive ground maneuvering, and high speed or a narrow flight speed envelope.

So in that understanding, a Stick fits slightly between trainers and sport planes. It's a very mild and forgiving sport plane or an advanced trainer depending on how you look at it. A Cub is a sport plane that ground handles like a specialty plane. A Spitfire is definitely a specialty plane, especially if it's detailed out which adds weight. A Kaos is between sport and aerobat depending on how you set it up. A Cap 232 is an aerobat that won't tolerate piloting errors, while an Extra 260 is a little more forgiving (depending on exactly which one we're talking about) Hopefully that helps a little in making sense of the plethora of choices you have out there. It's really not that hard once you get a handle on what makes a plane forgiving or not to fly and how the aerodynamics make it do with it does. Before long, you'll be able to look at a plane and have a pretty good idea of how it will fly. That along with a few anecdotes will make your choices easy.