Yep, the good 2 meter planes will spoil you. And the trouble is the better you get at setting them up, the better they fly....and the worse everything else sucks.

I did find one plane I really enjoy that isn't a pattern plane. It's an Exclusive modellbau Funtana pro, 2 meters with an OS 160FX. This is one of the most FUN planes I've flown to date. It will do every 3d trick in the book, but switch to low rates and it does teh advanced pattern very nicely. And slower than my 2 meter pattern planes! And best of all, it doesn't "hunt" at all, it tracks like a prophesy. Just SLOW. Not much coupling at all, very solid design. It does suffer slightly on knife edge at slower speeds but that's about the only real flaw I've found with it. It makes a GREAT hell raising sport/3d plane. It took a little to get used to it, but WOW is it ever fun. I really need to fix that gear and fly it some more....landings are hell with the aft cg though, it's a kite and you have to harrier land it.

It comes as a HIGH quality cnc routed balsa kit, with better balsa than I can get. I can get it lighter, but not better overall. Few kits have absolutely stunned me, but this one did.

This is one I give kudos, even though it's pricey.

-Mike