PaPa,

Okay... as long as you seem to accept the advice given, I'll stay. It's not that the building/construction will be hard, that's probably the easy part, it's the flying that believe it or not, is hard.

Take offs are sqirley and landing... heh, without an instructor, you're sure to run out of landing room, and either circle around and try again, or you'll not make it and crash.

That's what we're all hoping you don't do.

I've not seen so many people assend onto one person, except for you. You're young enough to get into this the right way, and young enough to ignore the advice given - thinking that you can do it alone.

You can, but it'll cost you a plane. We don't want that to happen.

As far as getting help "building your kit", if you don't know... you don't know. Books are a wonderful source of information and can show you how-to, from an experienced builders' perspective.

Without the aid of (at least) a book, you may end up waisting money on a mistake that could've been avoided (had you only known).

Overall, the instructions that come with an ARF are clear to follow and easy to do, but a kit... you have to get everything else (except the wood).

Pushrods are wires, or fiberglass, or wires and wooden rods, and you can even use cables (which makes for a very nice system).

Control horns are either plastic or metal, and the clevises are either cheesy plastic, good plastic, or metal... some are attached with solder, while others are threaded, and some are threaded and locked on with a lock nut. You want to be able to adjust them for throws and trim, because if they're cut too long or too short, the throw of the control (ailerons, rudders, or elevators) will be too far off and the "trim" adjustments on the radio may not be able to handle that amount of correction... that is if your radio has "trim adjustments".

Good books are nothing more than safety measures and fun "home study". They'll save you money, and allow you to see the difference between good and bad, right and wrong, and will provide many tips beyond what an instruction manual will provide.

Yes, get a book or two (or three or four).