i was curious to know why is it that kits are more expensive to get in the air than ARF, according to what's being said? i would imagine that something that was built by an assembly person before being sold, would have labor invested into it, driving up the price, right? i'm guessing building a laser cut kit is expensive because of additional building materials? how much does that really tag on to the price?
i used to build aerobatic control line symmetrical wing airplanes when i was 12-13 and lived in Russia and before that i built some simple seaworthy wooden ships, also from scratch, when i was about 10-12 and from what i remember, epoxy and covering wasn't weighed in the price of gold. in fact, it was BALSA that we would fight for back then lol. so where does this extra cost come from with kits? i'm a heli guy these days and that type of building is all about mechanical stuff instead of woodwork, but at one point i'll get me a plane.