I know you also were looking for something in the IMAC forum, so maybe something like the [link=http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXEDN9&P=0]Phoenix Giles[/link] would work for you. I haven't flow this plane but I had two other Phoenix planes, and they're nice for the price. One could say they run a little heavy, but I like to think of them as sturdy. They both flew very well.

The Giles' (and Venus 40) length is about equal to the wingspan, which is better than most other scale/sport planes which have a wider wingspan than length.

I got my ***** kicked in my first pattern meet by a Giles. He had close to 3 perfect rounds. Nice looking plane to boot.