Jim,

I'm not sure where that came from.

That shipping cost is not the standard shipping charges. I wanted priority shipping from China (shipped saturday and arrived Wed.) and paid for it. I have a bunch of projects and time is short..

I could have waited and paid a more resonable amount once the "boat gets here"...

What are you comparing the price of this model to?? I think if it flies as good as I see on the SM video, the model is "cheap" for what you are getting.

just my .02C

Adil