It may be strange looking but you ought to see that little 'bug' fly. The price includes all servos, ESC, motor, and battery. So, you get a lot for the money. The motor is a brushless "CD Rom" type motor, the battery is a 2 cell LiPo. Servos are Hitec I believe. It is easy to assemble, as long as you download pictures from their web site (unless they improved their documentation).

And it flys like nothing I've flown before. Easy and gentle as you wish, but toned up, it can be as radical as most all of the expensive 3D'ers. Absolutely ideal for a trainer type because, as I said, it is pretty much indestructable.

If you have a moment, go to their web site and look over the videos. You can see how impressive these little things can be. I bought two of them at the WRAM show in Westchester NY a couple of years ago and love them. Actually, three of us bought two apiece. Fun little planes!

At the WRAM show, during a demo flight, the pilot "landed" on the wall. Then he nosed the thing up to the ceiling and held it there by pushing on the nose cage. Then he just cut the throttle and let it 'float' to the ground where it bounced twice and ended up on it's wheels. He picked it up, held it by pinching the top of the fuselage, added throttle, and let go.. continued flying for another 5 minutes or so. Neat gadget, for sure.
CGr.