ORIGINAL: loser
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]
That's it in a nutshell. As long as I have a "fall-back" flyer I love to take my time and work on building as the mood hits me. To face a deadline or be grounded because none of the larger pieces fit together well enough to fly is like work. My most flown plane is an ARF that I bought while in a tight spot. And there's no doubt about it. ARF's have arrived to where they are darned good airframes. Some of the hardware can be of dubious quality, but they build 'em light and strong and the covering is better and more detailed than I care to mess with. The good news is that now I have an excuse to build ugly so everyone knows it's not an ARF.
