Dems fightn words! If you have the talent to build, then it is very enjoyable. I actually spend more time building than flying as it is very relaxing to me and gets me out of the stress zone that work causes. If you dont have the talent, then I can see it not being enjoyable(Homer building the BBQ comes to mind). No one is saying ARF is bad, but many who build also have ARF so they have something to fly while they work on their creation. I have several of them myself, but I tend to fly (except my T-Clips) the planes I built more than the ARF. I got the SIG T-Clips 70 in August and put a Saito FG-11 on it and flew that plane the most towards the end of the season as its a fun flyer. It only comes as ARF, but if it were a kit, I would have built it instead.