Maybe they can build an ARF better then you can build A kit?? The next ARF I see built better then I could build myself will be the first.
I build kits for other people but for myself I like to build from plans. I can choose each piece of wood and use the best glues and as much or as little of the glues as needed. Everything is straight without warps and I can make any changes I choose as needed.
I own one ARF, A 1/4 scale Extra. I'm the third owner and couldn't pass up the deal. It flys very well but things have been known to fall off of it at some strange times when they shouldn't have??
Could I have built one better, you bet. Would mine fly better?? Yes!! Do things fall off my planes? Nope!! Is my covering job better?? Yep!!
Will I ever own another ARF?? Probably?? It's A lot cheaper to buy then to build and if all I want to do is fly then that's OK with me and it doesn't hurt too bad if I do something stupid.
{{ Been known to happen}}
I'm just getting my stuff ordered for my winter project, A Sukhoi 29. Sukhoi ARFs are all over the place and I have looked at some and they are nice but I bet mine will be nicer. JMO