burnt up 15t brushed motors buy running them in models with stock gearing...used for a 27t motor
had a wheel nut come off during a race...because I forget to check those things beforehand.
spend 15 minutes trying to start a nitro...without having put fuel in the tank[&:]
spend 15 minutes trying to start a nitro...with a dead glow plug warmer[:@]
plug in my quad rotor heli with the radio on...and throttle on full!
drive my brand new, 1/5 Baja into a 4x4 beam that was hidden in the grass...at full speed. $90 repair bill, after having run it for just 10 minutes.
hit my son with my rc...more times than I can count.
fly my brand new 4ch plane....300 feet in the sky...with a storm front on the way...plane kept turning away from me....ended up 3 streets over with the nose in a pond!
I could keep going. Needless to say, after 6+ years of enjoying RC models there are more screw-ups to relate than I can recount.