Gid day all this debate on Chinese stuff never seems to end !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I still scratch build but have flown many many of these planes and can find nothing untowards wrong with them most supplies (shops)(LHS)buy from them be it build under contract or what ever its like most things now a days ie I,ve got a Pioneer stereo made in Malaysia I,ve got a cell phone made in Korea /india
all things worth there weight are made under license in a foreign country ,, Went to a fire a few years back now ( I,m an x fire fighter )and low and behold they are making these snack machines here in N Z branded made in Hong kong ,,guy said under license mate we just tender for job so you just dont know and I,ll bettya most of Tower hobbies and Horizon stuff is made of shore under license so all that glistens isn.t gold we all fly made in China /Tiawan /Vietnam/Philapines stuff ,so if it gets you in the air quicker and more cost effective don,t knock it just go out and enjoy yourself ,, U R only here for a short time and we DONT NEED NEED a world of knockers