I decided to get into this hobby in my upper 20's. I grew up in a household where we did a ton of woodworking projects and I appreciate the joy of a good build. That being said I've heard the quote at the field "don't put more plane in the sky than you are willing to lose.". For many people "more plane" means "more money" and while that is true for me my time is worth money too and being able to have my first couple of planes be ARFs has allowed me to enter the hobby and progress much faster than if I had to build each plane.

I now feel confident enough as a flyer to put the time and money into building my first kit. While I know it is an ambitious project I have started on a 1/8 Scale Pica Corsair and hope to have it complete by summer.

Even though I am starting to build you can bet I will have an ARF handy to attempt that first time trick, or for the first flight of the season....

My $.02