I received my UCD 3D in good condition. I live in the central valley of Calif near Sacramento and leave my garage door open 6 inches to let the air circulate. UPS had shoved the box under the garage door since no one was there to answer the door. In spite of that when I opened the box the squre tubes of cardboard that hold the fuse were torn as if the box had been handled roughly (as in tossed or dropped). I feel after reading the previous problems and noting what happened with mine that GP should do some investigating and testing on the shipping box. Mine was shipped out or Sparks, Nevada to Sacramento, Calif. I don't know how many changes or handling occured between those two points but for those guys or hobby shops off the beaten path.....look out. Going with the YS 91, 8231 JR servos ail & ele, Hitec 5645 rudder. std or mini on throttle, 6 volt bat., Robart hinges. Looking forward to fun with this one.

??? im sorta confused by what you said

In short, the box the plane comes in and how it is packaged, in particular the way the fuse is held with square carboard tubes, when I got mine the outside of the box was ok. The fuse had moved in the tube holes and tore them. This lead me to think that the box had been handled pretty roughly and that GP ought to take one of the boxed planes and subject it to the kind of handling it would get from a shipping co. Is that any clearer? This reply is in reference to all the damaged planes mentioned in this forum.

ah, read you perfectly, so GP doesn't package there UCD 3d plane very well in other words

I'm sayin' they ought to do some testing like Samsonite luggage use to do in the ad on TV where they put a suitcase in the gorilla cage and how it survives. GP probably thinks what they have is ok. The reality is otherwise. I was one of the lucky ones. There are bigger earthquakes at UPS than in Calif.

The Gorilla who was in the Samsonite Commercials now works for UPS at the hub where all my packages have to travel through.

Ask me how I know this to be true!

I'm sure GP has nothing to do with the box it comes in, cause they just hire the cheapest group of people to produce the thing! Just another reason I don't like the ARF market. Just my 2 cents.

The main problem is the one-piece wing on the UCD3D. A 65" wing makes for one loooong box, and expensive shipping surcharges. Whoever packaged the planes skimped in the other dimensions to keep the shipping costs down.