I just purchased a Tiger 2 ARF about 2 weeks ago. I had some problems with the ARF. The major problem was that whatever dingbat at the factory put the fuslodge together ran the pushrod sleeves for the elevator to the location of the engine servo. So I had to cut some covering off, re-route everything, and make a trip to the Hobbyshop for a roll of Ultracote. There were a few other small quirks with putting this guy together. As I type this I JUST finished putting her together. I did take my time, and this was my first ARF, and no I have never built a plane from sticks before. It took me about 2 weeks to get it complete working on it for a few hours here and there. I would guestimate my time in putting this thing together to be about 25-30 hours. I did have a learning curve, and had to make several trips to the hobby shop for some extra push rods, and a z-bender, the pushrods being my fault because I kept screwing up on cutting them. My other complaint would be the spinner that was shipped with the plane will not fit my motor. I was told by one of the guys at the field that there should have been some plastic inserts for the spinner to make it fit properly, but no go.

I must say, now that it is together it is BEAUTIFUL. I am sure it will get lots of compliments at the field. I just recently got signed off (at my club you have to be signed off by 2 instructors before you solo). I learned to fly with a Nexstar. I will keep everyone updated on how it flys.

I will say that at this point (just finished), that it is tail heavy. I am not sure why, as I have a OS .46 motor on it, and all of the electronics are installed. I will try to get this fixed pretty quickly though and should not be a big deal. It was just a little disappointing when I put the wing on today, and my plane wants to do willies, and of course we all know a tail heavy plane will not fly.

Overall Experience: 6.5 out of 10 - Some parts missing from the kit, and the pushrod sleeves where routed wrong.

Hopefully my frustrations will pay off at the field!