ORIGINAL: MikeL
"Boy, I'd build from plans if only the plans weren't so expensive!" That's something I've never heard before. Usually it's more along the lines of "I don't have the tools/time/desire/skill/dedication/space/interest." But hey, why worry about reality when we can upset ourselves over yet another slight from the AMA, right?
Well Mike, I will say it
"Boy, I'd build from plans if only the plans weren't so expensive"
I currently have a set of plans for a plane that I am building, I have enough extra balsa to build 1 or 2 more planes from plans, but I really can't justify spending $20 on plans that once I look at, may not like that much. I probably should not even be in this hobby for financial reasons, but I am and I am trying to do things in this hobby that don't cost much. Building from plans is one of the ways that I can enjoy the hobby for little expense.
I don't want to get involved in the financials fo AMA, but plans is one way they might be able to give "perks' to members for the monopoly of model airplane insurance.
Just my thoughts
Jon