Good attitude! Once you have that heli rebuilt, get back in the air and start practicing autos like it's nobody's business. Shuttle's can auto really well, especially when given a windy day. I'm sure with the temps being outrageous in the UK right now, there isn't as much wind as usual. Once you get proficient with autos in that heli, start doing them at "random". What I mean is, just when everything is going good in a typical flight, just flip the switch and bring it homoe. This will get you comfy with hitting the switch. Get really daring and have a friend stand next to you, and have them flip it while you're flying around! And might I suggest, that since you're relatively new at the hobby, don't hang too many upgrades on that heli. I'm assuming the reason you have the carbon rod is because you did a tail-mount for the servo. You really don't need that tail mount servo. The standard setup works just fine, especially for beginners. Your crashes will continually be setbacks and disasters so long as you're spending extra money to replace upgrades that you really don't notice a difference with. Keep that heli as simple as possible, and just fly the heck out of it. One recommendation is to change any hirobo z-bend linkages to rocket-city ball links. Otherwise, spend the upgrade money on more fuel, you'll appreciate that "upgrade" more than anything else, especially now in the beginning of the learning curve. And if nobody has told you before now, be extra careful around broken carbon fiber. That stuff is nasty when in splinter form, and if anything else on the heli was carbon, beware that in the crash, it may have developed a crack invisible to the naked eye, and that crack can cause severe glitching.