+ 1 more on disliking repairing. I consider it embarrassing to crash a plane beyond repair and have to trash it. Therefore I have repaired a few planes that should have gone straight to the burn barrel. If a major section of the damaged plane is rebuilt and reflown, in my mind I can say it was saved. Some sort of self serving approval I guess. Using that criteria of reusing a major section of a damaged plane I can say "I have never totaled a plane". Some piece of it is still flying ! Twisted thinking maybe, but like a fool I rebuild stuff that shouldn't have been rebuilt. And ,yes, I say to myself halfway through the project...."I could have done a new kit build faster then this repair is taking!". They seem to drag on forever. For me, the other part of doing rebuilds involves used airplanes that seem like a bargain at purchase time, but turn in to a major restoration project when I get into them. I'am doing one now on a Topflite Cessna 182 ARF. I already have a T.F. 182 kit built model that is in great flying condition but is showing it's age (patina ?). I picked up this slightly used ARF for less than the cost of buying new covering for the old plane. Well, it's a "can of worms". I told my wife to "not let me buy any more used airplanes". Of course I said that when she wasn't around to hear me.