I don't understand your complaint. I'm quite surprised that you would be upset about this. A good friend of mine runs a hobby shop. He is a great builder and a great pilot. If he were to build something for me, I'm sure he would have test flown it before handing it off to me, or given it to me with the knowledge that he did or did not test fly it. Consider yourself lucky that he did test fly the thing and that you probably got something that is truly ready to fly.

With that said, I build my own.. either kit or ARF. And, yeah, some ARF's do require some level of skill. Go ahead and "slap" one together and see if the tail feathers are square with the wings once the epoxy is set.

CGr