I bought one at atlantahobby also (they're about 3 miles from my house), and I've probably seen about a half dozen of them shredded at my local field. As other posts have mentioned, I don't think its really intended for all out 3D, but its a good flying sport plane. Its a fairly large plane for its weight, so the tendency is to over-power it. I've got an OS .46 on mine, flies great. My only advise is don't try to glide it into a landing... fly it all the way to the ground. Also, if you have another $100, buy another plane for parts, before the store runs out of these planes! As you know by now, they are well built, great looking planes.