I don't know - I was looking at one of those "Four Star Bird"s, 40 sized, to use as a cheap sport plane. The covering might suck, but I will need to recover it after a few flights anyways (pilot error, as usual), and I doubt there would be any support from the manufacturer if anything goes wrong, but they are cheap...

Should I even bother, or should I just put up with a Great Planes model with lousy covering and lousy support (that costs more)?

Thanks again

Graeme