ORIGINAL: Bob Laine
SoCaSal, Sorry......But anything (kit) you buy that is already cut out, placed in a box and sold as a Kit, is just that, a "KIT". One doesn't build a Kit, They only assemble it, exactly as you would any other ARF, or ARC that someone didn't build entirely from plans, and have hunt up all the components (wood) necessary to build it. The only difference between a kit, and a ARF is one has more parts that must be assembled than the other, before it's ready to fly. Bob
Nope again... Nguyen Schwartz cut out your parts, flued them together (mostly with hot glue) and covered the pieces for you. You glued the wing halves together, glued the tailfeathers on, mounted the engine and radio system. Your investment: perhaps 30 hours. My kit built model: several hundred hours. I am the one that ensures that the parts are straight, true and plumb. Not Mr. Nguyen. I have to sand my own built airframe before covering. You do not. I have to weigh both wing panels to ensure that the model will balance along the roll axis. You do not. There is a vast difference between your ARF, and my kit build. Why are you not expostulating your particular brand of B.S. in the ARF forum where it belongs? I love you Brother, but you are pushing the buttons again.
Bill, AMA 4720