Building is and will always be alive and well. Sucks that the mags have to pitch ARF's all the time, they have to keep going , and survive, I guess. Look at RCM, we lost an Icon there.

I think the builders will keep building, and the ARF guys will keep flying. I feel even the die hard ARF guys down the road will want to try a build when they have the time, see what it is all about, and might like it! Building is alive and well, in my opinion. Maybe we all should keep an open mind when it comes to ARF's, and embrace the new blood in this hobby. I am all for it! Now I think I will go work on my Midwest Super Hots kit as I look in the distance at my Hangar 9 Funtana 90 covered in Balsa Dust.............

One thing we can do is support the kit companies out there, and keep buying kits. We all do our part in making this hobby so great!