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5 Reasons that You Should Build Your Next Plane and Ditch the ARF

Friday, June 20th, 2008

If the time from box to flying field were the only factor in choosing your next plane, then I would admit that ARF airplanes have scratch or kit built planes beat hands down.  That’s a no-brainer.  But why choose your next plane based solely on that one factor?

I have compiled a list of 5 reasons why I think that you should build your next plane, whether from a kit or from scratch, and here they are in no particular order:

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