Carden is my choice!!! Did some mods to my 2nd one, and got it to 27#!! EASY!!! Had it built for me.
Also, don't forget about Dalton and Aero-Tech. Dalton is all wood fuse and foam core wings, and stabs. Aero-Tech has a wood/foam fuse and foam cores for everything else.
(B)ARF's are great if you only want to fly, welcome to the builders world!!!
If I had the time/space(soon) I would build a new bird! Right now, this one will have to last me for a spell!!!!