RE: What Are the Risks!?!?!?!
Most "crashes" are minor mishaps that are easy to fix eg. broke landing gear, broke leading edge and a few ribs, cracked firewall. It takes a pretty good lick to completely destroy one. I crashed a trainer so many times I started writing "ouch" or "oops" on the patches. That thing looked like a patchwork quilt but it flew just as good as ever. It's all part of the learning experience. So fly and have fun and if you crack it up go home and fix it and fly it again.