RE: Crashing - a part of the hobby?
Crashing happens, it happens for a lot of reasons and not always pilot error. If I have a problem I try to fly the plane out of it all the way to the ground, I never let go of the sticks. Sometimes it even works, most the time not. My last two were both Bridi Kaos planes, a 60 and the giant. The 60 went up into a stall turn and on the way down I put it into a flat spin. On the way down the header broke off the engine. Too much wind and not enough power or altitude. The giant, I was so taken with how well my small gasser was hauling the plane I was showing off, my bad. I was flying it like it was a 60 size plane, folded the wing. Even without the wing I tried to get the plane to hit the ground flat, didn't work but I gave it my all. Things happen and if you fly enough you will have a crash. As mentioned, just flying around in a big circle all the time is going to keep you from crashing very often but I haven't ever flown with anyone that hasn't planted a plane. So, if your afraid of crashing never take them off the ground, in time it will happen. As a plane gets older and you care less about it you will start flying it like you don't care, that's when you really start learning stunt flying, the new planes are coddled.