Ok, don't get me wrong from the question that I am about to ask, because I like ARF's . I think that they have come a long way since I first started flying R/C back in 1984.
I also enjoy building kits as well as scratch building.
But these days I am a mostly work from home Dad, and primary care giver of our two children aged 10 and 13.
So finding the time to build anything is a challenge.
But in the last few years I have heard guys saying that they
"Built" a plane, when referring to an ARF.
I have always used the term "assemble" when referring to putting together an ARF.
Mostly because the airframe is already built. You just do the final assembly and any modifications that usually always need to be done to get a decent flying model.
So which is it, do we "build " or just "assemble" an ARF?
I say assemble.