If you would like to take a big step and move into pattern flying, there is one great plane that I enjoy flying, and takes well to intermediate pilots. It flys straight... meaning it goes where you point it... and is a tad fast on approach (cuz it's so slippery) but handles just great and will definitely put you up there in the company of the better flyers at the club. Even though it's a tad fast, it handles great and lands like it was on rails. Flys that way too.

If you are up to the challenge, try the Great Planes Venus II. Mine is powered by the OS 1.20 AX and the radio is the Spektrum DX7. Great combination.

Some may say that this is a lot of plane to fly, but I must remind all that these types of planes are much easier to fly than a lot of the high-performance, or 3D models. The control surfaces are sedate (if set up right) and it responds very nicely, smooth and reactive, yet easier to fly than some trainers I've flown. Very predictable in other words.

CGr.