I like dbacque's suggestion of the Epsilon 90... as far as the airframe goes, at least. Powerplant, my jury is still out. I went to the Netbox site, see the Epsilon 90 ARF is reduced in price, and the website says it can be powered with a gas engine. They don't say what gas engine they would recommend, however. What else could it be other than the BME90? RCS140? Their video shows good 3D performance, but their engine choices as per the slide show were ASP120 and YS110FZ, nothing of the gas variety. So call Netbox, ask them what their gas engine recommendation is. And have they flown it? And is it competitive in that configuration? I'm sure it would fly with the BME90, but as to performance in either pattern or 3D, I'd want to see it before I believed it.

When I looked at the BME site, I didn't see them claiming their engine is equal to the glow version in power. If it were a supportable claim, I'd think they'd be making it, since it would be a first in the history of model engines, to my knowledge anyway.

The pattern community is full of guys who have given up looking for a gas power solution for a competition model. So far the only contender with any kind of track record is the ZDZ40 FAI, which has been flown with limited success, but has not generated any wave of enthusiasm. With pattern, power/weight is a major concern, and in that respect gas remains low man on the totem pole.

As to meeting weight limitations, in Pattern Basic there is no limitation other than the model being AMA legal. The 11 pounds/2M applies only at Intermediate and on up.