And price doesn't seem to determine quality sometimes. My worse was the ARF I paid nearly 800 bucks for. The formers were silicone caulked in place on the fiberglass fuse.
They failed the first time I operated the nose retract. Lucky for me it was a bench test. Have to say thou that the distributor was a stand up guy and took care of it.

But when I found the supports for the bell cranks for the Fowler flaps were never attached inside the wings it was enough for me.

I was honest and sold it to a buyer, for less then half of what I had in it, who knew up front what I had found. Never did hear back on it, so I don't know if it ever flew or not.


Have to agree with another poster, ARF stands for ALMOST Ready to Fly.