Smokin1 your ideas are not bad, but the fail to address the issue of the ARF with a basic HIDDEN structural flaw which seems to be causing problems. I think you went were I did not intend to go and implied some things I DID NOT. I have NO problem with folks who buy their airframes, it is their pocket book and their time to manage. I prefer to build because *I* KNOW what is under the covering which is NOT true for almost ALL ARF/RTF's. Heck, I don't even enjoy letting someone else build my planes because many do not build (structurally) to my standards!

Rather I was trying to get some light shed on a problem people in the hobby are beginning to have with cost savings steps taken on some assembly lines in the Far East. Go read Rogers post for a very specific example that is much more widespread than most are aware of. That is post #6, the next to last sentence and the final in his first paragraph.