Sounds like buying a new car, once it is off the lot it is darn near useless

What do you guys think about something like the Hanger 9 Alpha 40 RTF? Are most RTF's just decent planes with junk engines/electronics? I see they sell that one for about 300 with most of the stuff you need to get going (minus some of the field boxes and such). Are the Spectrum radios any good? I seem to remember a lot of RC boaters saying they cut out all the time... could just be all the water, sure does crazy things to electronics.