When did this hobby/sport become about money? It has never been an inexpensive pasttime. Even the ols dime Comet kits required my spending a dime, and then another quarter for the Bannana liquid, or the dope to finish it. thirty five cents was a lot of money back then. If I had wanted, I could have watched other people flying the rubber powered free flights, and it would have cost me nothing.

For someone to say that they don't build because they can buy an ARF for less money does not wash with me. I see that statement as a cop-out. If (and a lot of us do) you play golf, do you buy the cheapest set of clubs, or if you are a boater, do you buy the cheapest inflatable dingy? I didn't think so. All of us have a hobby or sport in which we like to participate. We spend the majority of our discretionary income in that pursuit. So don't use the cost of building as an argument against it. Why not be honest? If you don't know how to do something, either figure it out, ar ask someone. Everyone is ignorant about some things (you can't have knowledge of everything) Learn to build. It will carry you through the times when you cannat fly, and you may just find that you like the outcome better than the cookie-cutters that you see at the field.

Bill, AMA 4720
WACO Brotherhood #1