Yes David Lyon,

I recently built the PT40 kit as my first plane and it was successful.

I built the Great Planes Easy Sport next, and I can tell you the PT40 has very complete instructions in comparison. Nothing is left to the imagination. My mistakes on the PT40 were all the result of rushing the project. If I had read and understood before applying the glue, I would have saved more than one trip out to my LHS. The happy ending is that none of the mistakes were show stoppers. And plane flies fine. Knock wood, I haven't had a serious mishap yet, and I think that is largely due to the personal investment of time and effort I have in it. You don't get that in an ARF.

Having said that, I do see merit in all the postings here regarding ARF's vs kits. It's about personal preference and motivation.

Good luck with your project. Let us know how it flies.

fever