Well, given the lack of kit offerings, you will need to be more creative to get something big and fast for less than big $$$. As Rcpilet noted, these are expensive planes by their nature. If you don't want to scratch build, maybe find a set of plans that interest you and get a kit cutter to make a kit up for you. And what are your engine choices/preferences? Your best bet may be to scale up a Q500 airframe and see if that works for you, it's cheap, fast and easy to build and you can see if it is really what you are looking for. But you are asking for a mythical beast here. Just like the guys in the pattern forum who want a 2M pattern ARF that costs $500, but has the performance and build quality of the $4000 offerings. It just doesn't exist. Things cost what they do for a reason...


Mark