I have the plans and a laser cut short kit. I plan on building mine (Along with the other 6+ projects I have [X(]). $800 for the Sprint or DV8R is a stretch. I have the Sprint. It is a nice ARF and great design, but worth $800? I got tired of building and wanted to get flying. The Reaction and the Elan are composite ARF's so the comparison is not quite the same. As far as shipping goes, I have shipped 3 BVM kits, which come in pretty large boxes, and it has cost me less than $40 to do so (Fedex Ground). I'm not bagging on the ARF, if you have more money than time it is a great option. My problem is I have more time than money .

The nice thing about a plans built plane is it can be reduced or blown up. I read about someone making an 83% sized one. The Laser cutters can easily scale the cut files down to a suitable size.