RE: School project budget plane
So, you only hear what you want to hear from people.
Yes, if you do an ARF, it is possible to get it in the air faster. No, a month, you can not learn to fly it well enough to fly it in front of a crowd, and if you don't join a club and get an instructor, you will have wasted all of your moms hard earned money.
What part of high speed spinning prop on the front of the plane don't you get. If you fly in a neighborhood and lose control, you have the potential to kill someone. Last year, there were at least 3 deaths from RC airplanes hitting people.