Msphon, I apparently got an early version too, and had problems, and bashed them on the product review at the end of the manual......although I did receive a letter back within a week, all that it said was "we're sorry you had problems..........all of the issues have been worked out in later production runs".....no freebie though!!

I think the build quality of the plane is very nice.....I basically had the same problems as others have mentioned, but it's built solid. I don't regret getting it at all....it's a lot of fun. As Sawyer said, I thought mine would snap better......but after about 8 flights I increased the rudder throw about 1/2" inch more than the manual recommends for the high rate, and it helped the snaps and spins. I didn't have any problems with mine being tail heavy.....I suspected it would be, so I mounted the engine slightly forward of where they recommended. It balanced right at the rear of the recommended CG range with no additonal weight.

Mike