Sticks are, in my opinion, are the greatest design ever and I've flown about every type of acro plane there is. Sticks have a reasonably thick, symmetrical airfoil, they are fairly light, they are simple and they'll do about any maueuver you want. They'll fly in any wind short of a hurricane and some guys will try that.

The Hangar 9 Ultra Stick is the best of the lot, but the Big Stick is good. Build it with a flat wing or a little anhedral and use flaperons. They are great planes.