they also have a a $99.00 version of it also. it is covered in monokote. the $59.00 version is not. hobby people is trying to sell out all their older modeltech and sportsman avaiton arfs and they are going to have them manufactured with better covering such as monokote and sell them under hobby people name. but for $59.00 dollars you cannot beat it.............also phoenix models has a sonic .25 low or high wing arf .