It was/is bad. This is my first "ARF" that is not foam. I am building a Dave Platt Zero, almost finished with that, and a Brian Taylor 80" Mark IX Spitfire with a Vic fuse. I am not all that impressed with TopFlite at this point. I replaced the retracts with Hobby King struts, and modified some of the servo and connections. But for the price, it is what it is.