If it flies, it ain't ugly.

My son is wanting to learn to fly, and although he hates the thought of building a kit, I'm gonna have him build one. I built my first plane (Telemaster .40) and learned so much from building that thing. It seemed to take forever, but actually the framing, etc, doesn't take all that long. What takes most time is installing the radio, engine, etc. Basically, the same stuff that assembling an ARF has to do.

Your mileage my vary, see dealer for details.