Friend of mine had a VMAR Chipmunk Arf shipped to me so we could put it together in my shop. When I opened the box and inspected the parts, one wing aileron was so warped, the warpage exceeded the total max control movement. The elevator was warped in an elipical shape. The plane would have been a disaster to fly. The covering was some kind of wall paper, red was actually a dark pink. Hardware we do not even want to discuss.

I have built a number of ARFS and accept that some minor changes, inspections, extra CA and Epoxy, ironing down the covering and etc is part of building process, but this one was a mess.

To top it off, when my friend called VMAR, their response was, if you do not like the plane, send it back, they would not offer to replace parts or do anything to resolve the problem, so he was out the freight and still has not gotten credit for the returned merchandise.

So fellow RCU RCers, I have never bashed an ARF manufacturer before, but please be cautious of the VMAR Planes, in particular the Chipmunk. Of course there is the scant chance that I "got the only one like that". Flipstart

PS: Meant to mention-just received a Sea Gull Spacewalker II from Horizon and it looks great-all surfaces are straight, good covering job, and even the hardware is usable.