Very true John.

I know several people who fly both arfs and kits, but mostly arfs. They enjoy the kits, but the time involved (and space) keeps them from building more. I myself prefer building from kits, but my lack of time recently along with a lack of space has slowed me down and forced me to put all of my kits on hold. I can only work on one thing at a time right, which is currently a repair/rebuild. I also have an arf glider sitting waiting for me to make some time for it this week.

I do think that kits will be around for a while, but they may continue to become more specialized. Granted, many of the major manufacturers still produce kits, but the numbers are dropping. You see more and more starups producing kits, usually of great quality. Unfortunately some don't last long and die out, but usually another takes its place with very similar products. It's just a great big circle.


In other news I ordered the Geebee Z from Adrian. I sent him an email about shipping since my shipping address will only be valid for another month in a half (yay, moving!), but I haven't gotten a response yet to that or any of my other emails. Hopefully he is doing alright and can get around to answering email/shipping out what he has soon. I'd hate to have it delivered somewhere where I can't get it any more.