I too enjoy kit building, but there is something about getting a plane one day and having it in the air the next that is also appealling. Of coarse you cant take the credit for a ARF looking good, like a kit you built and covered. On the other hand when you put all the time in the world in on a kit and it goes in on the first flight, your that much more heart broken. I had some experiance with this today. I built a Tiger 60 this winter. I was on such a high from yesterday that decided that today would be the day to fly the tiger, even though the wind was gusting to 30 mph. I put the plane up and it needed some left alleron and up elevator. Trying to adjust the trims I made the mistake of taking My eyes off the plane for a second and that was all it took I cut the throttle before she hit but she hit hard. When I finally found the plane it was a tottal loss. The wing was missing over a foot on each end and had ripped ply and the blocks out of the fuse. The fuse was in 3 pieces and drove the engine into the peet moss about 10 inches, and that is frozen peet moss. It looks like the radio gear and engine will be ok but the plane is not repairable. Heart broken but thats the way it goes sometimes. Looks like it is going to be a great weekend so I will put the Star Duster up and see what it will do.