I have have had four of these airplane. One the wing sheared and G.P. replaced everything including the engine, servos, Rx, Dave Brown Spinner and an APC prop. For real, they replaced everything. Of course I sent them the crashed airplane to inspect. Determined a bad piece of balsa caused the failure. The second one went in due to a Rx failure. No replacement for obvious reasons. The other two are fine with the mods. explained. My son and I both have one and really like the airplanes.

Personally, I think that any ARF requires a close inspection for potential failure points. I am now assembling a G.P. Pitts Special. The fuse firewall had such gaps between the firewall and the fuse that you could see daylight between the two. I simply added tri-stock and epoxy to ensure a secure fit. In short, this kind of thing does come with ARF construction.

Everyone I have talked with states that ARF's have come a long way in the quality department. I doubt they will ever be perfect. Likewise, I have heard builders, with many years experience, say that they couldn't build a kit as straight or as good as they have seen in some of the quality ARF's out today. Of course there are those who would debate this point for sure.

The G.P. 1/4 scale Giles is a low cost ARf that for the dollars is an excellent airplane. You can pay more and get more, but when you consider the value it's a pretty good airplane. IMHO.