samolot, Since you mentioned the LT40, its $82.00 or $130.00 for the ARF version not $350.00! I have to disagree with what you said about "foamies are virtually indestructable". This in general is not true! There are flying wings that are made of solid foam that are almost industrdable called a Zagi but it doesn't really look like a plane. Also balsa planes can usually be repaired by pushing back the splitered pieces and then gluing them back together. Unless the crash is really bad, you don't really to buy anything more than a prop and maybe a spinner. MY sons LT25 broke in 2 when it was flipped backward by a huge gust of wind. The repair time only took about an hour to piece it back together and then recover a small section using leftover covering. In short, balsa and lite ply beats foamies hands down! [8D]