I start flying when you actually had to build the trainer first.........stop flying for about 9 years started again in 2013....what a change, I think it's not a bad change in some aspect $ it cost less to build a ARF then a full blown pattern plane use to cost, now with all the supply being so expensive $20 for a roll of monokote wow no wonder ARF are popular.

Even with ARF there's still room to make them nice.....and personal. On the other end if you want to fly indoor with F3P models you still need to build them