Here's my take on it all.

Crashing in our hobby isn't a if, it's when. It's normal to question yourself after a crash and start thinking too much about what your hands are doing on the controller. But with a little work and encouragement by your friends your self confidence will return in do time. Don't let anyone tell you different! Screw em!

We all have different ways how to cope with our crashes and if you aren't made of money like I am, every crash is painful. (Unless if one of my planes was a pain in the rear since the beginning- then there were times I said, "GOOD" after I crashed so I could get rid of the darn thing)

Once I pulled out the engine and electronics and decided to do the Native American Indian Dance on the plane. I think that happened twice since I've been in this hobby and both were ARF aircraft. Then I'd get one smart a** come up and tell me," I would have given you good money for that!"

And of coarse this is after I've been complaining about the plane for weeks before I smashed it- of coarse I had no cash offers then. [:@]

After I crashed my Extra 260 last year I did have a hard time getting my confidence back. Some members of my OLD club weren't very helpful. That's one of the reasons why I joined another club. Too much personality clashes going on rather than just showing up to enjoy flying, talk about airplanes and supporting each other. But that's another issue for some other topic.

Sometimes it's hard not to become depressed and very attached to some planes. I've seen grown men cry crashing $5,000 warbirds. Believe me, I would be the last guy to go up to them and tell them to get over it.

I don't like getting my wagon painted.

Pete