Let me start by saying friends don't let friends buy ARFs! From what my son trells me in Germany kit building is a lot more popular or appears to be than in the USA and Canada. When I was a kid I built evry plane I ever flew even designed a few. Some weren't too pretty but they were my handy work. I got out of R/C for about 20 years and now I'm back into it with my youngest son who is now 15. We built a SIG Kadet LT 40 to train him and for me to brush up on. Our next project has already been purchased a SIG 1/5 th scale J 3 Cub with an old Saito .80 in it. My 3rd plane is going to be a Ryan SC-W I have tinkered with my own design but I have heard of a set of plans designed by Dick Katz from a plan service. Has anyone in this forum seen any of his designs. It seems to me if your an ARF flyer and you exprement with alternative landing sites such as a tall etc. you don't have a clue on how to fix it so you quit or buy another. If you are a builder you probably already have the fix laid out in your mind before you get loaded back up to go home. (And if you're lucky the ARF pilot that quits offers you a great deal!.

Mike