Noob, where do I start?

(all you MiniT folks, I apologize, but I hope I've posted enough about the MT that you'll be ok with the digression )

-the flybar control rods have molded threads for the ball links to screw on to, but in manufacturing, the metal never fills the ends completely, so there are only a few threads to hold the links on. I bought a few replacements looking for one that was fully molded, but no dice.
-the link ends that screw on the flybar control rods are the wrong length in the box. The manual has instructions to cut them back to the size they should have been. How cheesy is that?
-none, and I mean none, of the links fit correctly on the balls, including the large "pawn" pieces on the flybar. Nobody makes a reamer that big, so you have to sacrifice a part to make a reamer to make the links the right size.
-the upper frame has no support on the lower side between the boom clamp and the hub tower, so it spreads and the gyro tray slides around and the frame squirms in flight.
-the boom clamps are made from an alloy that is way too stiff. Follow the instructions in the manual to spread them when installing the boom and they will break. Period. Don't follow the instructions, be very cautious with them, and sometimes they don't break if you're lucky.
-the model is advertised as having SSG frames. SSG is short for Silver Surfaced Graphite, i.e., silver-colored carbon fiber. It isn't- it's plain old fiberglass. Lying is bad.
-the plastic parts are too hard, too- if you haven't broken the tail pushrod brackets, it's because you've been lucky. They're fragile and break with the slightest pressure. Mine has pushrod supports from the Blade 400.
-the stickers that seal the flybar paddles have no overlap, so inevitably they come loose and you have an exciting landing with lots of sound effects from them flapping.
[edit]
-almost forgot- I've been through three main rotor hubs (the part that holds the feathering pivot and the flybar ball), and not one of them has spun true- every one has wobbled. Maybe there's a special assembly method that I don't know about, that will get it to line up correctly and spin straight- but why would I want to learn it, when the rest of my helis hubs line up and work right when you bolt them together? The cheapo plastic heads don't always, but the Gazaur helis aren't cheap, or plastic.
[/edit]

Back on topic (I think), I've had the Mini Titan and Gazaur for the same length of time, but I've been flying the MiniT for a month longer. The Poseidon is drop-dead gorgeous when it's sitting still, and majestic in the air; it's a beautiful design, and I love the geared tail and MFS head, because it is crazy maneuverable at a low head speed and I like that. But....

In the same time that I've replaced half of my Poseidon, mostly from design problems or parts failures (including a feathering shaft that just broke in the center and ejected the main rotors at about 2600 RPM), the only parts I've had to replace from failures on the MT were the ones I broke when I hit the dirt at about 40mph a couple weeks ago. The Poseidon is very responsive for aero, but so is the MiniT; the Poseidon won't hold a steady hover without constant control input, while the MiniT and Dragonus will park in the air and just sit there. And both of them are just as powerful as the Gazaur.

Sticking with the Mini Titan since that's the thread we're on, and since Gazaur should be as concerned about how their heli stacks up against the competition as how pretty it is- the Mini Titan is just as responsive as the Gazaur off center, but the Gaz is ultimately more maneuverable because with the MFS head, you can put in full collective and full cyclic without binding, where the MiniT will start to bang head parts together if you do that. But with a little skill (or radio programming) I can keep that from happening, and then I can fly the E325 just as hard as the Gazaur, and I don't have to deal with any of the above.

If someone walked into my shop and said, which one is the best if I want to go out and fly hard this weekend, it would be the Gazaur. If he said I want to fly hard this weekend, and still be able to fly next weekend, it would be the Mini Titan or Dragonus because they're just as powerful without the drawbacks. I like flying the Gazaur because I've worked through its shortcomings, but I'll never advise anyone else to buy one.