ORIGINAL: RCKen
ORIGINAL: aeajr
However, you are right, it would be great to have these kinds of choices.
I may get tomatos thrown at me for this comment, but I thought there was a place to get choices like this. It's called a kit.
Interesting how we see things differently. I see a kit as having no chices. You MUST do everything yourself. That is different from picking what I want to do and what I would prefer someone else do. That is choice.
Many people love to build, some love to fly, some love both. I love to fly!
Today it would cost me as much to build a kit as to buy the ARF and it would require a lot of my time. Time I could be flying.
I look forward to the rise of receiver ready planes. Then I can drop in my receiver, balance, trim, set up the radio and got to the field. An hour or two at most.
That would be my choice.
I am not saying that kits should go away. I think they are great for some people. And I may get into them some day when I have more spare time. But for now. ARFs are great. Receiver ready would be perfect.