I was looking at the slow stick as well. But, without ailerons I figured it'd get boring pretty quick.

I flew somerthing similar to the Edge 540 3D this weekend (and I am a first step beginner). I think the logo on the plane said Futura. It's a plane built from foam sheet. It would fly slow when you wanted it to, and fast 3D too. Actually one guy did a Harrier landing with it. It'd really float in his hands.

Anyways, that's kind of what I was looking at.

YMMV