In my opinion kit-building will never die altogether. To a lot of people the building is more fun than the actual flying. We have a guy in our club who has built four different flying WW2 bombers, all of which have a wing span of no less than 7m.. He is nearly finished with his fifth. Now this guy can't even fly a trainer.. Just an example. There are alot of people out there that build to build, not to fly.

But as for the people who build to fly, it seems as though they are getting less in numbers than the people who simply buy an ARF and fly it. Alot of guys.. no ... MOST of guys who buy kits from our HB dont even know how to join a wing, nevermind doing the radio installation them selves.

This hobbie isn't what it used to be. The building isn't an intricate part of the sport anymore. Thats where ARF's came in.. And yes people find the thought of just 'buying 'n flying' quite attractive.

Ultimately the RC Flyer that want's his ship to look like no-one elses will never die. There will always be that dusty box containing a kit lying on your LHB's top shelf waiting for that particular RC Pilot to buy it..

My 2c..