ORIGINAL: shag555
One other view is that us younger guys don't exactly have the time to build. ARF's are convenient. I've been building a 80 inch Wendell Hostetler Extra now for a year, and I'll be lucky to get it finished by this coming spring. I have kids and a wife, and a very demanding job. That's just how things are these days. I worry about trashing out one of my planes because I don't really have the time to set another one up, and I know there's pleanty of "me" out there these days.
Good luck...
Has it ever occurred to any of you, "Younger", guys, that we were all young once upon a time. In that once upon a time, there were no ARF's nor were there any electrics (the Stanzell plane on a cable doesn't count), and we made/found the time to build. I had a wife, kids, a demanding job, but I still made it happen. I still have a wife, kids (now Grandkids) and a more demanding job, but guess what...I still find time to build. That's just how thing are these days. Try running an automobile dealership (70 hours per week) and dealing with the honey-do's, and the Grandpa-do's, and still fing a few minutes to wedge in the hobby activities, and then come and tell me about not having any time. You have the same amount of time in any day as does anyone else. It's what you choose to do with it that matters. Have fun.
Bill, AMA 4720
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