ORIGINAL: CeeGee
I did buy a kit recently and plan to build it when the rainy season sets in. Once I get it put together I'll have to muster up enough confidence to fly it after spending so much time building it. The previous kit that I built (4*40) made me so nervous to fly it that I sold it. Hopefully not with this one. One thing with ARFs is that if you pile it in you can order another one and it looks just like the one you crashed. I'm not sure if that's a good thing or not........[:-]
CeeGee,
That's what makes flying what you build so much fun. With the exception of sky diving or repelling, I don't think you can get a bigger adrenaline rush than the first flight on an aircraft that you just invested 50-500 hours on (some of the scale guys push 2000). That first high speed run up the field... Nose up! Is she going to go left, right, what about elevation, don't stall 'er, where are those darn trims, ok she's level, now hands off, how does she stall, ok now land her. Wooow, ok now walk around, shake your arms, stop your knees from clanking, and fill 'er and go again.
You'll never get that feeling from an ARF!