You'll like the Cherokee with the .46-AX. I used this engine in my first one and the power was great and CG was right on with no modifications. I made my second Cherokee electric using the recommended set up and I had to put my receiver battery in the back of the plane plus a little bit of lead to achieve CG. The extra weight definitely affected how the plane flew.

GP ARF's and kits are great (The best in my opinion) but that bag full of screws and hardware can be a pain I suppose. The stuff is good quality just difficult to sort through. World Models bags the screws and hardware needed for each step in the instructions separately and labels each little package accordingly. It is a nice touch and I wish GP could do something similar. It would make already excellent products just that much better.