Eganwp,

while the US60 is a great flying and looking bird, if you were interested in scaling down to a 58" span sport plane, the Tsunami is a great building kit. In many respects it is a sleeker US40 with conventional gear but it has a long wing and stab.

There are a couple of build threads on the net (mine on RCU in the classic pattern forum and Frank's on RCG) and if built light with a few minor modifications, it will fly extremely well. I like the plane so much that I'm planning on building a 42" span version from scratch for e-power and retracts.

The kit is available from JunoRC for a mere $66.

Just another idea.

David.