I make most of my purchases based by what other modelers on RCU have to say about the product. I think alot of other people do also. The whole idea of these forums are to exchange ideas, do research and read reports of the hits and misses of a particular plane etc. Magazine reviews are nice but you can not beat the reviews of the guys on here who buy them and tell what they think of it in these forums. I bought the Vectorflight edge. I had never even heard of them until I read the thread on RCU about their planes and customer service. I would really be pissed if they were simply shilling and the plane was a piece of junk. The good thing is the people in that thread are genuine buyers with honest unsolicited opinions. I am very happy with my purchase as I believe what the others have to say about it, and I have not recieved the plane yet. I am buying the EF Yak based on the forum. I will discount anything these two have to say about anything on here though.

What these two guys did not only hurts the forum and its members but other companys. If the readers could not believe what they read about a certain plane etc then it would hurt the sales of some really good companys. The members would lose out on some really good products.