Your lucky you weren't flying when anyone that showed up at the field with a plane that was built by someone else was harassed unmercifully.
WOW you're right for the past 18-19 years I've pretty much gone out and flown alone or with guys at various clubs and never had any comments.
I was one of the first to use the royal 20T and 20s ARFs at the end of the 80's early 90's To tell you the truth untill I found this web site I didn't even know about the bitter ARF debate. We just got together and flew