ORIGINAL: doxilia
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.
david, i was going to recommend a Blue Angel. [sm=teeth_smile.gif]
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_6819340/tm.htm