I bought a VMAR .40 size Pilatus againt the judgement of everthing I saw on RCU.
Upon assembly, I was mildly dissappointed with the seemingly cheesy faux wood laminate on the firewall, overall arf heavyness of the model and hardware that seemed a bit cheap/ clunky.
the wing had a crack in the sheeting and felt brittle as I used a hypo needle to inject CA under the covering.
On the other hand, I was very pleased with it's scale looks in the air and on the runway (up-close, the detail has a little overkill)...It was easy to fly and got a-lot of ohh, and ahhs at my field.
People were impressed with the detail and the cockpit area.
I had been impressing people with the plane for weeks, and grinning that my purchase was not in vain
Then judgment day came...I accidentially had my multiplane radio not set for the corrcet one on TO.

As it screamed down the runway w/ it's MVVS .49 on board, it began to lift at 100' dn the runway, When she was 5' off the ground it banked a lil' left and I THOUGHT I counter rotated.
Given the ailerons were reversed it acceleated the roll and within a nano-second, the air was filled with a plume confetti-like, psuedo balsa wood and brightly colored shelf paper.
there was little to be found in the aftermath but a 6' long divit in the ground and scraps of an incredibly brittle substance I can only equate to that of a vintage box which corn or produce would typically come in.

There was utterly nothing that could be salvaged accept one pilot... plane was a complete and utter gonner.

Although it was 100% pilot error, my take on it was that if I had built it or if perhaps it came from another company...It might have been salvagable.

Overall, I give VMAR:

looks= 8.99
Performance in the air= 8.50
Durability/ actual craft quality= 3.0
value= 6.25

I might buy another just for kicks as it flew great, but I'd know that it's a limited lifespan plane.

Those are my 2 cents.