Stickbuilder,

I totally agree that the degree of accuracy required by a the planes would rule out and ARF, but they are still a plane and if some (brave or foolish) person wants to try and compete with one, then they should be allowed to? I have built planes from scratch, glass kits, made my own molds and put rivets on for weeks, so I do know the time/effort required. I am just trying to say that an ARF (built by someone else) and a glass fuze kit (built by someone else) are exactly that "built by someone else". This argument probably mostly applies to smaller events, not Top Gun. I seriously doubt that someone invited to Top Gun would be bringing an ARF to try and compete.