I had good luck with the E-Flight Odyssey. It's a good value for $100 and climbs well with an 8.4V pack. The matching speed controller for it is the E-Flight Maxx 25 but any 10-15Amp ESC will work fine. It flew very well for me and the only bad characteristic I remember would be it's tendency to snap hard to the left if it stalled. I'm sure this was a characteristic of it's lack of polyhedral.....

The new E-Hawk by Ace Hobbies/Thunder Tiger looks pretty good also for $150. It has ailerons also.

Good luck!

Jeff Benko
Palm Beach Skyhawks