Go with the Tiger II by Goldberg.

It's a little more gentle than the 4*

In fact, the way I was introduced to the Tiger was many years ago when a student of mine bought one. I told him he wasn't ready for that type of plane and that we should go back to the buddy box.

But after trimming it out, and doing two or three laps of the field, I landed it, unplugged the cord, and told him he wouldn't have any problem. It really is a pussseycat - But it will also do any trick in the book short of 3-D maneuvers