Menthol there are a few kits out there that will do what you want. The one I fly is the avenger and can be found here
http://www.airscharnell.com/team_scharnell_avenger.htm. There is also the battle axe.
http://www.treneffrc.com/products.asp?cat=24 and the phence post from hattrick
http://www.hattrickrc.com All 3 of those should be tougher easy to build and out perform the slasher.
Scott