The trouble is, I find you can't even rely on one manufacturer to put out good product, as they all come from different factories all over Asia.

I have an H9 Cub that I consider adequate. Construction seems reasonable and I haven't had any bad failures, but I did notice one of the formers in the front cockpit split, and would have failed if I didn't reinforce it.

But my uncle just got an H9 Alpha trainer and I wasn't happy with it at all. Firewall pulled off when running the engine for the first time. The bolt on tail is a joke, that ripped off too in the same incident where the firewall came off. We glued it all back together, but just looking inside, it's all hot glue, etc. I was teaching him to fly, he got it upsidedown in a turn, I took control and pulled up, and it spun in. I didn't think trainers COULD spin![&:] Let alone a spin from a half throttle dive. It might have been because he only had 8 rubber bands holding the wing on, but that's all the kit included. These are all problems a beginner shouldn't have to deal with.

The Thunder Tigre Rare Bear has some pretty serious structural issues, yet my TT Decathlon is a dream. I DEFY any hardcore kit builder to make a better looking, stronger and/or lighter plane, and the covering job...[X(]