The Pulse is a great airplane. Here is another option that's pretty big and fairly gentle:
http://airborne-models.com/html/prod...p?ProductID=43 It looks better than the pictures, especially without their ugly decals.
A tiger-60 could also may not need the 1.00 but it'd handle it:
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXH756&P=0
You have a few good options. It probably boils down to what you like looking at the best and what you can get a good deal on.