The 40 ugly stick is what I had, and believe me, it was ugly. There wasn't a straight piece of wood in it! I bought that back in about 96 so maybe like all other ARF's these days, perhaps it had improved. I really like building so even the new generation ARF's don't interest me too much so perhaps my opinion is biased. I really like one fellows signature I read somewhere on RC universe "If you didn't build it, it's not really yours"