While I have to agree with some of the other posts, the Twinstar would have probably never won an award for the best made ARF, I think it was worth the $110 or so. I have 2 of them, well, had 2 of them, loose nut working the control sticks took care of one! I had installed an extra aileron sevo (for flaperons), and retracts! Man, did it look great climbing with the gear going up! 2 LA40's with 9x6 3-blade props really took care of any climbing problems. With the extra weight, one engine out was a bigger handful and my lack of twin experience did it in. I have another "stock" one and it flies great. Have one more in the box (after I found out they were discontinued, I searched the internet and found one) that is around for the future. So if you can find one, buy it! It's a great twin trainer and just an all around fun plane.