I picked up an Arrow about a week and a half ago and have loged 10-15 flights on already. As an instructor I like the way the plane flys. It is a lot more capable (read as FUN) than a flat bottom wing trainer. It will fly faster than most trainers even to the point of fluttering the control surfaces so this can teach you "throttle management" as it is just as happy flying at just more than a crawl with very forgiving stall charactoristics. As far as durability. I do not like the dents I get in the wing from the rubber bands and where it pinches against the wing craddle (I use 10 #64 bands to secure the wing) So while I do recomend the rubber band hold down for new pilots for the easy break away feature... I will likely convert mine to a bolt down system for ease of assembaly at the feild.