Dick T. has the right philosophy with these clunkers. They do fly well, but they wear out sooner than the old fashioned kit-built models. However, everyone needs (IMHO) a piece of crap for flying dirty work with, and these will do the job at a very reasonable price. Use 'em and abuse 'em and when the cracks start splitting apart your heart will not be broken. They're kinda like the practice uniforms we wore everyday playing high school football, keep our game suits pretty for stadium play.