I ordered (4) of them this weekend. They arrived yesterday in good shape. The included sims arrived on Wednesday. I will be building (1) along with showing, teaching my brother and (2) brother in laws how to build them. I know I should say put together and not build.

The skill level varies from pretty much first time using an exacto knife to way to many planes under the belt. This will be the first time for my brother in law Jim putting an ARF together. My other brother in law Mike has a single ARF under his belt. My brother Brian has built, flown, crashed planes with me on and off for 35 plus years. He would order them and then have them shipped to me so I could build or put them together. He is working on a Phoenix Extra 330 right now. He needs a little help with a few of the NEW things. Carbon fiber push rods and the like. The last time he built a plane he use golden rods.

I looked at one of the ARF's. It looked OK. I did not have enough time to inspect each piece. Needed to put it in the car and get to work. I figure I can throw it together in about 2-3 hours. So it looks like I will be there all day with them showing how to do it. Should be a good time. We plan a BBQ and fun. I can not think of more fun to have with family then food and model airplanes.:O

I will write more tomorrow night or Sunday morning. I will give my opinion on quality, fit and finish, how good or bad the hardware is, and what is or is not usable in the kit. The quick glance I did take in a box I did not see a bunch of wrinkles and it looked like it was covered pretty well.



Dru.