Well I took the plunge! The shipping, I thought was a little spendy, but Robert at TRCP provided great presales support. He answered about 3 or 4 emails worth of questions. It took about a week to the Bay Area and double boxed, in fine shape it arrived at my door. I'm perfectly happy so far. For a Nitro plane it is a fairly light build. This is good because my plan is to go E-powered. The cowl could be thinner fiberglass, but it's beautiful. The covering is the best I've seen on any non-namebrand ARF, out of China. Not only from a material standpoint, but workmanship too. There is hardly a wrinkle on it. There are no bays for optional retracts or flaps, but at less than half the price of an H9, I'd give it a solid 8