if you spend enough, ARF are great ... Check out WorldModels, or Hirobo .. I have 90-1.20 sized patern planes from both manufacturers, and they are top in quality, i had a WM midget mustang that had a 90 with a pipe on it, and i could not manage to make the plane fail no matter how hard i tried .. as for Jets, look at the BVM KingCat, or the line of ARF jets from AirPac .. cant be beat !!! I have had arfs from Great planews and Top flite that i am very happy with also ... oops, i forgot to mention Yellow Aircraft .. both their warbird and jet arfs are super !

now there are arfs that suck too !! like anything from giant scale planes, or cermark. I would also stay away from hobbico .. their spectrum was a great flying plane, but the lack of glue, and propper wood made it suck ! I have seen some of the Composite ARF 3m type planes, and they look and fly great ! however i have their Rookie jet, and it required a lot of mods for me to feel safe with it ..


bottom line is , you get what you pay for ..


Wojtek