Well don't get me wrong, I had fun with the aerobird once I started to figure it out, but it did take a lot of abuse from self learning. Even though it has a new wing on it, the airframe itself is disfigured, and the servos seem to have lost their effectivness. If I could open up the body to help fix things inside there or take parts out to use in a new plane I would, but it is impossible to reach the servos without taking apart everything else. If I had bought an ARF to start with, and found an instructor, I would be basically an entire year ahead of where I am now. In reality it isn't really very hard at all to assemble an entry level ARF. Everything is explained very well in the insturctions. Just keep it in mind that you will have to buy an ARF (or kit or build) eventually if you want to go anywhere in the hobby. So the sooner you start collecting transferable equipment, the cheaper it'll be in the future.