Woody I appreciate your post but I also appreciate features and benifits when giving a real evaluation of any plane . As far as VQ , personally I dont know why you made the comment on "its an american company but its not made in America " ??? who cares and who said anything about not buying Vmar because there not made in America ??
Comparing vmar to Vq as far as the P40 is way off . THe VQ P40 has weird covering otherwise its the closest P40 in ARf to a Top Flight Kit and as far as Value Vmar cant hold a candle to the VQ P40 .That plane sells for $249 and now on sale at $199.
The Vmar jets (F18) is $329 !!!!!!!!! For $279 I can get a ceremark F16 .
Now on another note I truely want to give Vmar a try on there F18 , but I will wait until I am in the area so I can open a box up myself .
Lastly the comments about "beating " a plane and Vmar being able to take the beating again are irrelavant to the initial Vmar concerns . I dont really care about cheap harware , that is a factor in many arfs , my concern is the weight , the wood , the fit of the parts , the layout ect ect ect .
Remember If I spend $329 plus shipping I can get a Top Flight ARC P51 for $399 and i know where I stand with those planes . All I am saying is that I wish Vmar would start a ad campaign to really address the issues , offer a guarentee on the quality of the kits , offer more on line RCU builds with video ect ect .
Nice planes , bad rep mean poor sales . Lastly who cares if the Vmar bashing is from owners or not , half the info on RCU is word of mouth and most of the time word of mouth from a fellow RC member is better then a formal review [8D]