you are right about that......as much as I like it I would NEVER recommend anyone buying that model. As a matter of fact mine was a trade for a much smaller model. I'll describe how it behaves all day long, as it may help others with other brands, but I would not tell anyone to go buy it.
I do have DER jets on watch. I think I know what the undercarriage problem is. I had to spend sometime learning it. I'd love to get one of those $900 P-120s with 300 hrs on it and just have fun on Sundays. :-)
I'll state it again......get me a factory demo one and I'll get it in the air. :-) I even offer to make a BVM Quality PDF instruction manual ;-)
(ha ha got to try!!)