RE: I give up!!!!
I'm currently building a kit (name withheld) that I purchased at a show from the designer. He told me that it can be built in a day in my hands (no board required). I took that claim with a grain of salt.
It can be built in a day, but there's a lot of prep work involved, so it will take me 3. Truthfully, I'm converting it from E-power to glow, so that's consumed a lot of the time. I think his time estimate is accurate, but I still couldn't finish it in a day because I spend a lot of time sanding parts and prepping them before gluing them in place.
The part about building it in my hands is true in that it can be done, but the chances of having a straight plane that way are about nil.
- Paul