RE: Larger Classic Pattern airplanes
I would also highly recommend the Wildbeat. Imho it was one of the easiest flying pattern planes of the era, very tame, very smooth, very easy to fly. You almost get comfortable with it immediately.
Wildbeat was designed by Akiba and follows the lineage of the Beetle and Wild 7. Akiba came out with the Beat On when the widebody era came, but the Wildbeat was still my favorite. Very robust and straight forward airframe, also easy to build and maintain. A YS-120 would be perfect. MK also made a Wildbeat 90, and that was perfect with a YS-91/110.
The only thing unique about the Wildbeat on the original MK kits are that they required a special set of MK gear wires that bend forward. F3A unlimited still sells them. I'm guessing you can build probably with normal straight gear from RCAiir kits.
Matt