Of you DO crash, make sure it's a good one and in front of people. My best crash was a midair at a fly-in. Both planes full throttle. It was a balsa cloud!!! Wood flew everywhere! My plane was totalled and his was badly damaged. We had to tramp through ankle deep mud to retrieve the pieces.

It was a "no-faulter". My first flight of the event my wife and I drove 2 hours to attend. The only plane I'd brought (it put me out for the day). The other pilot and I shook hands on it at the flight line . A spectator told me he was glad his young child witnessed the crash, and the sportsmanship afterwards. He said he was glad there were such gentlemen in this sport. THAT made the drive and the crash worthwhile. Stop for a minute and think about what your crash taught you about flying, building, or anything else. Learn from it. There's some good in anything.

Dr.1