I've built TA RC10B3's in 2 1/2 hours from box to running.... The last plane I built took me about a month.... and that was working just about EVERY NIGHT after work.... There's a BIG difference between screwing some pieces together in the right spot and sanding, gluing, aligning, mounting, covering, painting, etc... It's a LOT! of work... Even ARF's can be time consuming depending on what you get... My last ARF took about a week to put together (evenings after work)...

As for the flying part... With a real plane it's just not gonna happen in that time frame... IF you get a simulator and spend MANY hours on it... Like a couple hours each night, then you have a shot at it within the allocated time frame... Now of course your talking about spending more money on a "training" aid...