You're not troubling us, so don't sulk. For my part, I was just exercising what limited First Amendment priviledges we have here, to counter a stated viewpoint. You're certainly entitled to your opinion; I just take exception to somebody who has a problem (which may, or may not, be of his own making) with a vendor and making a crusade out of it... when the preponderance of the evidence suggests that the product in question is NOT the total POS the crusader would have you believe.

Your remark about "keep on buying the stuff that's offered" shows that you still don't get it. We will indeed, because for the most part it is decent stuff at an affordable price. No, it generally isn't as good as if I built it myself from a kit or scratch. Some of us are willing to sacrifice a bit of quality for the time savings. But if something is wrong, or bad enough to cause problems, Horizon will rectify it. So will The Empire, for that matter.

You must be retired. I'm nearly so, and plan to do a LOT of building after I pull the pin; in about 370 some-odd days. But I'll still include ARFs in my R/C diet. In fact, I'm doing a delightful little ARF right now; the Matt Chapman CAP 580 .40 size by Great Planes. Very nicely done, with excellent hardware and accessories. Even the tank was good; although I'm using a larger one to support the engine I chose, I would not hesitate to use the included tank... and those Pacific Rim tanks are usually the FIRST thing I toss when poking through a new ARF box.

Bandit, I can understand your comment about expecting what you paid for. But its called modelling for a reason, guy. Doo-doo occurs. My latest H9 ARF had a serious problem with improper wing incidence. I didn't discover this until the model was finished and flying. That right there made it my fault, as I know better than to not check this important area during assembly.

So, what to do? I could just fix it myself (which took about an hour), or I could have stripped all my gear out and gone through the hassle of returning the airframe to Horizon. They would have even paid the shipping; but I would have to box it all up, etc. That was a no-brainer, bud. Was I annoyed? Exceedingly so. And if it had been something I couldn't deal with, I WOULD have sent the airframe back. But a bit of study showed me I could fix the problem fairly easily.

I could have stood on principle; the principle that I have a right to expect a straight airframe for over $250 invested. And, I'd probably still be working to get the new airframe rigged out; instead of enjoying the self-repaired model. Whatever is important to you; to me, this time it was just easier to suck it up. Next time may be different.