Not at all. I've been flying for 9 years now and I still have my original trainer. Yes, it has been wrecked, and repaired and put back in the air. Stuff happens and planes crash. I've been to a point in the past where the only plane I've had flying was my trainer, so I loaded it up and went out and flew it. If it comes down to not having anything to fly I'd rather be flying my trainer. Sometimes I take the trainer out just to fly it (about once a month or so) and I have a blast flying it.