Look into WH's 80" Yak and a Brillelli 46cc for power..
WH Yak is priced at $ 389.99 and the Brillelli at $ 355.00
Nice combo i think. Friend of mine is buying this same combo.
Good luck.
WH Yak is built light. I wouldnt go buy a heavy plane because your worried about hard landings sir. You can add to any landing structure to make it stronger. Besides once you see how light a plane like this combo would be it will float down like a feather.. well amost and i'm sure you won't have a problem.
My 2 cents.
Or for a first gasser combo look at a Carl Goldburg Extra 330 like I have. Only $265 now for the airframe.
Here's a post I did.

http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_31...tm.htm#4986539