I have been flying of late arf's as well as kit built planes..after 20 some years I decided to build a sig kougar gathering dust in my shop.my first one was in 1979 and I had only been flying a few years before that but anyway what a disater.I built negative incidence into the wing and if that wasnt bad enough I built it way too tail heavy and got discouraged.but some guy sold me one waaaaaaay back and I just had the urge to do it.took me a week to frame it.and flew it two weeks now.dummy me I lost it for a split second on landing approach and tip stalled itinto a marshy area.expecting the worst I finally found it thinking it went back to kit form .lo and behold other than the left side rearward splintered it was remarably in tact so a few hours of work and the next morning I was out tearing up the sky again and nobody knew..I doubt of my arf's would have been able to do as well.but hey for me building fun again!

I had so much fun I am here searching for a kit to build a miltary birddog either a cessena or piperJ3..someone here said they love building more than flying.I creave both and have decided to build again.do I like arf's .sure why not it flies right.just not always sure how well those glue joints are.so I reinforce where I can on areas likely to get the stress.

lastly someone asked if this hobby is flattening out with less kits to build ,rcm belly up and electrics yadayada yada.the hobby is expanding exponentially and the choices we have ..man heli's electrics gassers(I do have one) etc lots of toys .bothers me we have the wally world market with china presently flooding the marketplace as the quality does leave much to desire.at any rate having retired last year I want to tackle building ..its not an indictment on the arf's I just have a feeling of great personal satisfaction seeing my kit built plane fly and with almost no trim.god that felt good knowing I built it strong and true..even if I have to stop flyingeventually(diabetic) I will get alot of enjoyment building a rc plane and being in this hobby.