[ben_beyer]

The cost issue is more or less the case of any ARF these days.

However, these kits I would imagine that they wouldn't be too complex. You could engineer it to have interlocking tabbed construction so all you would need is a flat surface to build on. Foam is a nice tecnique, but not suited to smaller models. A way to reduce weight and go back to traditional building would be wood ribs and basswood spars. You could even put holes in the ribs for CF rods and then the wing would more or less be jib built and strong. This would mean anyone with a flat table could build a Dalton or Carden kit. In stead of having some manufactured design, you would have something that looks like a Carden or Dalton except smaller for example.

But this is why I brought this up. The design could be very simple and construction may only take a few nights. Then you'd have a smaller plane with outstanding flight characteristics that you built yourself.

It would be nice, but if they're going to develop an airframe, it would also be good for them if they could sell it. But there's all kinds of questions that would have to be answered before any manufacturer would do this. I'm just curious to see what other people think.