ORIGINAL: OliverJacob
This is a kit building forum. More then likely the people here have the skills to build a kit (and of course an ARF) themselves.
On the pictures I see a few ARFs, nothing unusual. Not much of a reference.
So someone buys a kit and pays a few hundred $ plus shipping for you to build it, why not buy an ARF?
Assembling a small ARF is $125 plus shipping, that will be an expensive plane.
Why someone would need this service is beyond me. It would take the fun out of it.
Here is a good tip - get a laser cutter and design your own kits, they are getting rare and there is a lot of interest. Just ask here what they would like to have. Build it and they will come...
When I was still building for others I charged $125.00 to assemble and set up an ARF trainer and had quite a bit of work. Not quite 300 planes a year.
More like 7 or 8. That fee also included the maiden and trim flight. That way no one could say the plane was put together incorrectly if it crashed. I saw that happen to another builder. Kits I charged depending on what it was and what was involved in the build. I figure I built a half dozen kits a year for people depending on what was going on at the different clubs. Different racing classes called for different planes. I have built a lot of the SIG Kavaliers. These are really easy and fast kits to build but if I only had one to build it would still take me a few weeks, maybe two if it was needed fast.
300 scale kits a year?? I'm very impressed!!.
SPELLING: I will never correct anyones spelling or mention it very often, it doesn't count and not everyone is good at it. On a professionals web site though it counts for a lot.
Posting this on a KIT BUILDERS web page may not be the brightest thing to have done?
300 kits a year!!! Impressive!!!
