ORIGINAL: PwrOfCheese
Just my $0.02...
Thankfully I haven't crashed lately but for a beginner who's still tossing it around, I recommend the woodies BECAUSE they break.
When I crashed with my carbon blades everything else broke or bent but the blades. I just think it might be a little more cost effective to just keep replacing blades rather than the spindle, head, linkage, that axle thing that goes between the rotors which I've bent 2 times and replaced 2 times (can't remember what it's called), boom and landing gear.
-PwrOfCheese
Also, it only takes a couple minutes to changes the blades, where it can take hours to get everything working properly after damage to the head components.
Doug