I had the original and taught myself to fly with it just over 1 year ago. The stock motor gets very hot causing me to lose 1 of the 3 wires that connect to it. Yeah, so hot it melted the connection! The plane is alot of fun though, there are mods that need done to it to make it stronger and take harder hits if you have any. Frankly I would trash the stock motor and put a outrunner on it and run TP batteries if I was to have another which I would never do. There are too many other choices out there and believe me, many are stronger and better flying then this plane. I did have fun with it but it was my first plane so of course it was fun right? I'll give you a clue on a really, really tough foam plane to check out. Copperhead. Thats all I'll say here becouse this forum is not about other companies. If you have question PM me and I will tell you more and no, I am not part of their staff but a believer after owning their product.