I had a talk today with a fellow relatively new to R/C flying. He has an ARF, and he was complaining about the quality of the covering material and some aspects of the structural design. I said that maybe he should try building a *kit* so that he would have more control over these things. But, he did not even understand what a kit was. He referred to his ARF as "kit built" because it required some assembly. I tried explaining the difference, but just got a blank stare. I don't know whether he didn't understand what I was saying, or was wondering why someone would go into all that trouble to get a plane in the air. I found that rather depressing.