The reality of it is that 9 out of 10 flyers will choose an ARF over a kit. If your only business is producing kits, you will have a very difficult time competing with ARFs that sell for $200.00 unless you have something unique or have very low overhead and labor costs. The reason the larger companies don't have the Chinese produce the kits is that they need to purchase thousands at a time. There are only so many builders left anymore, so chances are, they would sit on most of the kits for a couple years. It's a much better return to sell them as ARFs and move 10x the amount in the same time frame.

Mike Grey
Skyshark R/C