It's not so much the proliferation of arfs that bothers me but what they are doing to the hobby. As stated before, the pride in building and flying your own is dwindling. I have to laugh when I bring one of my creations to the field and the astonished crowd asks "Did you build that !!!!?". As though it's an impossibility. The other factor is what arfs have done to the model magazines. Building and "How to do it" articles have taken the back seat to "assembly" and flying reports about arfs. The author wouldn't say this is a piece of garbage if he had a mouth full, for fear of irritating the manufacturer and loosing his advertising business. Instead he avoids the facts and talks about the pretty box it came in. Lately I can go through a model magazine in about 15 minute because it has very little of interest to me. On a rare occasion there will be a good building article I can read.

It's not about cost and no time to build, It's about pride and satisfaction and I won't give that up.