RE: TO BE SCALE OR NOT TO BE ...
I love scale co'z I like them flying looking like the real ones. I also like to twist and tumble them in the air so its sports scale aerobats for me. Otherwise, they're just PLANE BORING (pun intended). A detailed scale build takes too much time and emotional investment to fly with such gusto. Scale is also heavier than it needs to be. Better to have it on the ground and get the usual ooohs and aaahhs from admirers rather than risk a deadstick and bring it in like a brick.