Just curious how ARFs are built. Do the factories have a specialized staff that just assembles kits like we would do? If so, they probably have the steps memorized and have several going at any one time. Are they machine built on an assembly line?

They're not built they are hatched

...teeny tiny little elves build them while we sleep....

I like that one even better

Ya little elves :P

No they have staff that build them. One person will build a wing then another a fuse then another the tail then one of them will put it all together.

Atleast taht is how it was done on a show i watched lol

Just like a car I imaging, put your part on, send it down the line. Hot glue it together. Probably build a ton of them every day. The covering I would think would be the hardest, but with pre cut sheets, it wouldn't take that long.

I'd blow my brains out if I had to put monokote on every day for eight hours![:@]

Nah....I guess I'd be d**n good at it if I did it that often...

Could be worse.. you could be the guy counting 3mm nuts into the hardware kit......


Andy

ROFLMAO

That would be a.. fun job :-P

You migh be but the the people who do them currently really s**k at it!!!

Ed

Piedmond Models have a few pictures of the factory in China that produces their ARF.

http://www.piedmontmodels.com/news.htm
Scroll down the "9/13/03/" news item. The links take you to pictures of the ARF factory.

they're made just like real planes, everyone has their part they have to make, and another group of people just assemble them...

So true -- That means you don't want to buy an ARF that was manufactured on certain days like opening dove/deer season, any world series days, day after Superbowl, etc...

I'm not sure what hunting seasons or baseball or football games there are in China...thats where the majority of them are made.....Rog (would you build airplanes 8 hours a day for 40 cents an hour?)

Jim,
Thanks to the links with the pictures. I was impressed at the working conditions.
I lived in Southeast Asia for three years and most places aren't that clean or well lit.
I never saw an actual sweat shop as described by the human rights activists but I am sure they exist.
Kudos to Piedmont Models for using a reputable builder.
KW_Counter

I'm a tail guy myself.

ROG -- That was a joke son - a joke. (taken an analogy from the US Auto Industry.) Ya must of missed the smiley at the end.

As far as building for 8 hours a day for 40 cents an hour; I can afford to do that for no money.