G'day,

I'm just getting back into the hobby after an abscence of about 4 years.

The Availability and apparent quality of ARFs in Australia seems to have improved out of sight.

I have seen a couple of VMAR ARFs which look like realy nice planes (ie. Cessna, Dornier) in the air.

I would appreciate any advise on the following questions
<UL>[/list]What is the quality of the kits like?
<UL>[/list]Apart from operator induced damage (ie. crashes) how are they lasting?

Any comments appreciated

Mario

Though I havent owned any of these kits yet, my friend is a dealer for vmar. I have looked at several of the kits and the covering is outstanding on them. They seem to be built well (maybe a tad heavy -&gt; If your looking at the chipmonk or the edge 540). I have seen the 540 go and it looks like it flys well, no spectacular 3D plane but it does fly like its on rails and looks super sharp. I have also seen the VMAR stick fly, it seemed to do really well and would be comparable with the tiger stick. P.S. there will be a new one at the field tommarrow (some kind of sport aerobatic trainer -&gt;I will let you know how it flies after flying it.) Hope this helps.

Polycote ECS covering bubbles in the sun and doesn't stick well to the litelpy which is what the vmar's are made out of hence the weight.

I recently purchased the edge 540 and was quite impressed with it however it does have a tendancy to spiral dive after a snap roll which unfortunatly killed it. I would think that if flown caerfully they would last quite well but it doesnt take much for them to get broken. A club mate had the RCAF Chipmunk and the fusulage broke in half after a harder than average landing.