qwazzy,
I don't get resentful towards the hobby when I crash, it simply makes me more determined to "get it right".

You say you haven't crashed yet, so I'm guessing that you haven't been flying more than a year or so, and I'm glad you said "yet", but saying "I don't intend to" is pretty funny. How many of us do you suppose DO intend to?

Connery,
I've been at this for nine years now, and have crashed my fair share of planes. Most have been repairable. I still shake sometimes, but a LOT less than I use to.

Shaking for me now involves something like flying in 20 mph winds with gusts to 25 or 30. Or like yeserday when one of the best scale pilots in the country (Charlie Nelson) was standing beside talking about how good my aerobatics were getting.

I also still shake a bit when putting a new plane up for it's maiden, or taking a student's plane up for them, or trimming another club member's new plane.

So the shakes never stop, they just become less frequent.
Dennis-