RE: "slasher" versus spad
Well I hate to do a turn around an ya but I guess I'm going with an Avenger from Seaholm. No real big reason other than a guy at the club said he was ordering one for himself and was gonna get the 3 for $180 deal and I said he could put me down for one. Kinda excited to see it now. I've done some reading on it and it sounds kinda tricky to set up CG and all but once dialed in it's supposed to be a nice flyer.
I also found a new covering material (new to me at least). Perma wrap House wrap, I did a test with the stuff and was amazed. I took a piece of foam 3/4" X 5 1/2" X 12" it weighed .8 oz. I then covered with a 12" X 12" piece of this wrap spray glued on and it weighed 1.2 oz. That's .4 oz per sq. foot. The same size piece of bare foam broke in half at approx 3" of bend. The wrapped piece literally was bent clear around in a U till it touched itself and never broke. several times I might add. The covering never came loose and when I peeled the covering off it still took pink with it. The wrap is a bi directional plastic type stuff that even when I cut it I couldn't rip it in half. It's not as smooth as tape and you will have to paint it unless you want an all white plane but I think the new avenger may get covered with this stuff.