it is an arf. but its the 5th one ive done so i feel fairly confident that at least my hinges and glue jobs are good. (if not it wont matter who flies her anyway hehe). the only concearn i have is the manuel keeps talking about the plane being nose heavy after the build. so i know i may have to make some adjustments if its to nose heavy. but as stated before better to nose heavy than tail heavy. but this is the first one ive done head to tail.