RE: .25 engine needing a plane
It depends on your flight orientations (scale, sport etc). Fortunatly there is a good number of choices around. If you are a kit builder you will also find a choice (Great Planes T-Craft). With ARFs in mind I just remember that Nitro models carries a nice tiny cessna.
I also have seen succesful convertions of electric planes to glow powered, if you want to go that way you will also find a right plane for your nice engine.
I had a nice 16 year old K&B 28 size sporster and used in a good number of planes, most of them discontinued by now but the last one was a Phoenix Sonic low wing which is still available from Tower Hobbies and is a nice flier.