Thanks DVM. Sometimes you wonder if anyone is listening...

I felt bad really bad for the student pilot. He actually did a good job in his assembly process, considering what he had to work with. The airplane had been assembled neatly.

Manufacturers are trying to keep cost down and the assembly process easy for beginners, but there is a point of going too far. These very low end ARF manufactures are cutting so many corners to keep the cost down and to be able to advertise short assembly times that they are doing more to hurt the hobby and also creating potentially dangerous situations.

I sincerely wish the manufactures and companies marketing their products would take more care in putting a decent quality product out there for people to learn on. This is not about ARF bashing. It's about demanding a quality product at a fair price that does what a reasonable person would expect the product to do.

Manufacturers, if you are listening.......

1. Allow a student to learn how to fly.
2. With a product that will hold together.
3. That comes with decent quality hardware - not junk
4. With operational functions that work as needed for flight.
5. And requires reasonable maintenance