ORIGINAL: carrellh
I think Red feels this thread is in the wrong forum. I can't read his mind but I'm guessing the idea is that "Beginners" are typically not buying warbirds.
Oh, they ARE buying them - against the best of advice. They just aren't assembling or flying them successfully! [X(]
The plane is pretty inexpensive compared to the retracts, engine, servos and time/money it takes to gain the experience required to fly it!