Man i hope xmas is in augest or sept in Australia not dec mom and dad would be wooping my butt it would be broke by x mas day if it was me ..ha ha volcano was my first nitro r/c it took a beating and a lot of parts will break no matter what you get, just save your money and when you break some thing up grade to the alum parts much stronger than stock parts. I have replaced everything on my volcano including the engin i have a o/s 18 in it it flys good luck and hope you get to run it befor xmas