First off, this is a model purposely built to be extremely lightweight for hovering and 3D manuvres. It should be understood by anyone buying this ARF that it is NOT built like a tank.

Secondly, I just got mine last night, and looking at it, it's not much larger than my 60-size trainer and sport planes. I've been guilty of overpowering too - most recently a G-23 on a GP Spacewalker - but I think I'm just gonna put a .75 2stroke on this one.

Thirdly, the overall construction is pretty good compared to the many ARFs I've come across in recent years. Not the best I've seen, but certainly nowhere near as bad as some of you are portraying.

Fourthly, I don't see hot glue anywhere visible in the frame work. I do see yellow aliphatic resin in many places and epoxy on some spots. Don't jump on this "hot glue" cry so quickly. Have you put a soldering iron to the glue? That's a sure fire way of telling whether it's hot-melt glue or not.

Finally, some of you have far too high an expectation for these ARFs. It sounds like you mortgage your house to pay for these little ARFs. For $189 (I won't tell you how much I paid for mine - it's obscene ), I think a little bit of extra work to get it right is perfectly acceptable. Every single ARF I've assembled has been modified and reinforced to one degree or another. To me, it's actually FUN to modify my ARFs.

Let's just get away from the CA fumes, go outside, take a deep breath, and CALM DOWN. Take just a couple more hours to put together that next ARF. You'll feel a whole lot better. Really.