My answer is no. Even their parts are extremely high priced compared to others, especially compared to GP. Take the 60 size Extra 260 wing set. It sells for 149.00 and is cheaply built compared to a GP Rev 70 wing set. I think the thing is with AeroWorks is they are built well for being as light as they are.

They are very strong for the weight. The main thing with the cost of the ARF is the manuals are very good and well laid out. After almost finishing a recently crashed Extra 260 I was very disapointed in quality of the aircraft and at the ARF costing 274.00. I suppose I was expecting higher quality.

In their defense they do have a very good looking airframe with quality cuts, and good fitting parts. I have never heard of anyone buying an AeroWorks and having poor slotting, poor quality components, or a poor quality manual. Would I pay the difference between say a GP and AeroWorks? No, after buying three GPs I would have enough left over for another airplane. But even more buy what you really like. We have a guy at our field that is nothing but an AeroWorks man. 90% of his fleet is AW. [8D]