I crashed my blade yesterday afternoon for a combination of mechanical failure and messing around. One of my paddle control pushrods came off after an uneventful landing in tall grass. I popped it back on and noticed it came off with little or no effort. I should have stopped there I guess. I decided to mess around and got one of my sons little parachute guys and removed the chute. I used some string and made a loop to go over the skid of my heli. Once the kids realized what I was doing the mayhem started as they thought it was funny/cool as hell. I lifted off without a problem and went to about 30 ft up and held it there until.....The paddle control pushrod came off again and down she came. The tail motor housing busted off and the canopy is toast but other than that and the pushrod it seems ok. Oh well. I thought it was cool to!