RE: Designing a plane just for the wind
Had some experience with good windy day plane designs. My first choice would be, just about any of the "Simitar" designs from Bill Evans. ( you can find his designs all over on the web and rc magazines). In some of his articles in RCM he would mention how great they were in the wind. I built the Polestar, what a great plane. They are a flying wing design, with a full length fuselage and Rudder. With no horizontal stab the plane doesn't tend to buffet in the wind. Second choice is a "Spad" from "spadtothebone" website. They are heavy! We've been racing the "Spadstick"in 20-30mph winds and having a blast with a magnum .52