RE: How long does a model last with a good pilot?
It also depends on how you treat your airframe. I have a Ultra Stick .40 with a MDS .58 in it. I like the inverted snap rolls too much. My wing mount header has been rebuilt 3 times, with thicker and thicker ply. My wing was held on with the nylon screws the last time I set it down, and the horizontal Stab had broken lose, and was held on by the covering alone. I was luck to have landed it, but it is now on the wall, as a trophy. I plan on beafing up a Ulra Stick .60 with a Super Tigre .90 and a onboard Camera. Any suggestions on Hardware upgrades, reenforcements, and what not?
Edit, the Ultra Stick was less then a year old, but it went through complete and utter hell, and I flew it there and back, few other planes could have handled the G-Force that I applied to that bird. My Freestyle couldn't hack it, broke the wing mount clean out.