RE: You Can Win First Place at a Warbird Rally With An ARF? Really?
Yeah, I love these guys that buy pre-fab Turbine jets with completely molded fuses and foam core wings and call that a kit! How many "built up" jet airframes have you seen competing on the circuit? Many of the BVMs or Yellows and such are one step away from being ARFs aren't they? Granted they take quite a bit more time to primer and finish, but as ALANC said, any arf can be a blank canvas for the addition of super detailing, all the way to hidden control linkages and over the top rivet and weathering and cockpit detail. I don't believe they usually compete in the same class as designer/builder scale events. If there is an ARF class to be allowed so be it. The more planes in the air the merrier. You can't fight the inevitable, people like convenience. If it was not for Arfs and electrics this hobby might have become extinct by now!