I had the good luck of being in the same club when Dave Keats built a scratch built heli called the polecat that was featured in RCM in the early 70's and currently resides in the AMA museum.

Wouldn't a true jet "modeler" have a scratch built jet of his own deign, with his own scratch built retracts with a scratch built turbine with a scratch built tx etc?

Instead of belittleing arf builders to inflate your own ego why not have just call this thread "what do you prefer arfs or scratch/kit builds" or better yet start a thread to help out arf modelers/builders to make their jets better where needed.

Keyman/Former Futaba employee