Earlier in the post it was stated that the MFG should have liabiliy or responsibility on the model if it comes apart in flight due to some sort of failure... it was also stated that we dont have to do anything to cars, refrigerators, lawnmowers and the like after purchase, and after assembly.. I offer this... How many times after purchasing a lawnmower do you bring it home and chuck the engine to put a bigger one on it with more horsepower?.. or bring home your car and tear all the linkage out of the front end, modify the steering ratio so that you can put more "throw" into the steering radius to do tighter donuts in the street? I have been building, flying, and ARF'ing for awhile now.. ARF's are not as strong as kits, those habbits talked about here with respect to doing particular things to an arf to make it stronger come from experience in overpowering, over throwing, and basically turning a plane that can flying into a overhorsepowered, lunging monster in the sky. If you want to guarantee an airplane.. buy the kit and build it yourself. if your need at the time is to get in the air in the shortest time possible buy an ARF, spend a bit of time checking over what you can and go fly. I have bought one the GSP Katana's and am currently putting it together. I have read everyones complaints and the full post on the plane. I will fix what hasnt already been fixed by the MFG and go flying. If this model blows apart in the sky I can more than likely blame me.. It's a Katana S-140 I am putting a monsterously horsepowered OS1.60 with a pump in the front. I am putting Hitec 5945's everywhere but throttle and carbon fiber control rods.. they have no give and that servo is a torque monster.. If i dont beef up the servo mount trays shame on me. It comes down to time, money and what the ARF was designed to do. If I fly that Katana diving down full throttle on a downwind leg and it dont blow itself to tatters I got lucky.. its not a speed demon its an aerobatic plane. Pull straight up till I cannot see anymore but not made to set speed records.

Just my two cents