Ghostbear,

I have absolutely no intention of going it alone moving up to larger faster planes, I was just hoping to get an opinion of someone outside of my local club--they tend to be of the "back when men were men, I soloed on a pattern plane, because that's all we had" mindset.

As for the thoughts submitted by Terrellflyer, Crashem, and tomr, thanks. So far I'm thinking the Sig lt-25 looks good. I followed up the link on the eaglet 50, but I don't know if the kit is still readily available--a friend at the local hobby shop tells me CG has been sold to another company and isn't currently supplying dealer, though I don't know for sure if this is true.

Also, does anybody have a positive impression of the norvels, or any experience with magnums? I've heard some local guys raving about then norvels, and others cursing the break in procedure, but they and OS are the only smaller engines I hear about.