I love all aspects of the hobby. I love tinkering with engines of all sorts. I love building airplanes too. I do have to admit the ARF movement has allowed me to own airplanes that I would never have had the time to build in reality, and that's cool. Electric is ok for a relaxing Park Flyer in my opinion, but I love the fire breathing, noise making gas and glow planes for anything bigger.

But you are right; buying and building a kit these days is actually more expensive in the long run than buying an ARF. Glue, wood, covering, hardware.... the prices are ridiculous!!

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