well i am fairly new to the world of rc flying ive had nirto powerd trucks and cars and my dads flown planes since he was a kid and he bought me the GP 3.5 for christmas to learn so i dont crash two many more of my planes and i had it going for a week straight just constintly playing and it just broke the liitle black peice that holds the spring on to mobe the elvator up and down so my dad phone tower hobbies and they sent us a new one so now we have a new controler and a busted one that you can still fly with its just a bit hard