ORIGINAL: GaGeeBees
You didn't injure anything except my respect for you. My sensibilities are just fine, thank you just the same. I simply don't tolerate racism in any form and if I see it, I'm going to call you on it, I don't care who you are. Personally, I'm bored beyond telling with your going on ad nauseum about the supposed superiority of kit/scratch building over ARF's. It's too bad, really... with your vast amount of experience I'm sure if you applied yourself you might offer something of value to these discussions but I no longer expect that to happen.
I really didn't intend for what I said to come across as being racist. If you truly and actually took my statements as being so, and not just being a knee jerk reaction, then I am truly sorry, and herewith tender my apologies.
Actually, if you will go back and look, I have many times offered help, aid and assistance to all who wanted it. As to my feelings that the models that I build (which are the only ones that I can speak to) being superior to ARF's, I can't and won't apologize for feeling that they are superior. I build strong, light and straight. Having models that have in excess of 1000 documented flights should stand as proof of that. I don't sell any of my old planes, but rather make outright gifts of them, and I can show you one that is still flying after 14 years of service. I don't see many ready built planes that will come close to that. These are planes that are flown to the limit of the envelope and regularly.
As before, I would just like to see the new guys get an even break.
Bill, AMA 4720