Yes, its cold, and SNOWING!!! It will be a while. I have returned to college (actually a mechanical engineering major looking to work with Boeing or NASA this summer...I'm PSYCHED!) so I am on a TIGHT budget. RTF is a nice deal for $300 with digital radio. Also, I rent an apartment and have 3 roomates, so my space is really limited to my bedroom; not really room to build things. An RTF I can hang from the ceiling, and build a little shelf for the nitro and accessories, immediately so nothing will break before its assembled.