I have two good 2M airframes to fly this year, I hav´nt given too much thought to the next airframe: maybe a Focus II, a Temptation, or maybe an Eclipse, so I come the RCU string on that subject. . . .
Frankly I have holding off on commenting on this string for a couple of weeks now. But, what the heck here´s my 2cW, on a Friaday afternoon.
As a Brit, living in Mexico, I probably have a have a middle of the road POV! Robert Telford´s quote sums it up well. A good plane you can make make really good. with a few changes in set-up. Troy Newman and a number of other senior level Pattern pilots have said much the same. Add to that the price of $499 plus s&h, for the basic kit and that adds up to a pretty good airframe package, say just below $3,000 when all the engine, servos and h-ware packages are included, just under the going rate for a full house 2M setup these days.
As for warped wings and damage in transit, from what I have seen and heard Marcelo Colombo does a pretty good job of replacing stuff and putting things right.
As has been mentioned numerous times here on RCU, the airframe kit, RTC and ARF business is one tough business these days and for the small Pattern and IMAC plane supplier and one from Argentina, even tougher still! But those guys are hanging in there, in spite of the beating they have been taking on these pages. I think they are for real:They supprt the NSRCA and advertise in the K-Factor, things like that are appreciated by the Pattern community.
Some have mentioned that Marcelo "only" came 31st, or something, in the F3A World Champs in Poland last year. Well, to me, that means only 30 people in the WORLD have the right to question his Pattern credentials!!
Hmmmm, maybe I just might take a closer look at the Eclipse, for my next airframe.

Message to Marcelo: Animo Muchachos! Muchas felicidades por todos sus afuerzos tan impresionantes. Un fuerte abrazo, Rodney NSRCA #2906.