I've never had an ARF. I never want an ARF.

I get greater satisfaction knowing that what I'm flying is what I built. IMO if you build them from scratch or a kit you are an "RC Hobbist" that takes pride in what you have at the field. If you buy an ARF you are an "RC Pilot" that has one that looks just like 5 others at the field. "Da, Gee Daddy? Which one is mine!?

On the other hand I've bought Kits and when I opened the box my first thought was; "Gee Daddy! Where do I start?" They gave me a blue print, I huge pile of balso and plywood along with 4 or 5 pages that looked like a letter with no pictures. At that time there were no ARF's available so I sold it and and found other planes that were easier to build and fun to fly.

Some ARF's are pretty cool to look at but don't impress me one bit knowing they DIDN'T build them!

And that's what I have to say about that; Like it really matters... lol

Well, I guess I DO have 2 ARF's ..... [link=http://www.bigdanspicks.com/arfs.html]My 2 ARF's[/link]

Big Dan "Da RC Dummy"