The answer lies in another question......DO YOU LIKE TO BUILD?? I still enjoy building and anything I build gets much more attention and care from me than any ARF I assemble. As stated previously in another post...the ARFs are simply for flying and improving my flying skills but I have no special connection with them. I do fly a lot and I am glad the ARF's exist in the number and quality they currently do for exactly that purpose. In my neck of the woods I see many more ARF'ers/flyers than modelers/builders. Soooo sad.....I think modelers (builders) are becoming extinct or at least endangered...[&o]