Two of the five long carbon rods were protruding about an inch and a half from one of the corners of the box. Fortunately the rods were not damaged. The postman said they tried to push them back in but the rods would not stay, so the rods were like this when they picked it up at the post office. The box was in very good shape. No miss handling , however the two rods had pushed thru at the lower left hand corner. Have not assembled it as of this date. One of the guys at our RC club has one of these and really likes the way it flies , so I though I would buy one and give it a try.