Shoot, whippersnappers. Summer of 1981, GMP FP .30 sized Cricket, Sanwa Radio, I don't even remember if I had a gyro. Fired it up in a big ole empty parking lot. Got off the ground and skidded in multiple directions. Then got a boom strike and shattered one wood main blade. Cricket was still sitting there idling, so, in my excitement I added throttle to take off again. Got the oother blade and the rest of the boom.