ORIGINAL: Boomerang1
Unfortunately many people will justify the ARF's on the basis of them being cheaper than a kit plus the goodies needed to finish them.
They put no value whatsoever on the hours of enjoyable work actually building something. I suppose their pride is different, they take pride in just owning something rather than taking pride in creating something. I have a couple of ARF's but they leave me feeling a little empty, unlike something I build which gives me a sense of achievement every time I fly one. - John.
EXACTLY. thats why i dislike ARFs. they have no soul. they take 3 hours to slap together because some chinese laborer already did the fun parts, so they mean nothing to you. if it crashes its only money, not a small part of yourself like a kit becomes. 3 of my flying buddies refuse to build kits because "i dont have time for all that". which is a good excuse, but the field is so boring, because when one of them gets a new ARF, the other 2 go buy the exact same one. they look like an acrobatics team with matching planes... its really sad.