Well, I am still on my first plane, and Aerobird. It has had plenty of crashes since I am self taught and I did most of my learning in 8-12 MPH winds.

I have hit hard enough to completely destroy the motor mount. I just finished rebuilding it again, this time out of metal. Heaven knows what I did to the weight and the CG. I haven't finished balancing it yet, but this motor should be able to stand almost anything.

If I smack it up bad enough, I will buy another fuselage and take the guts out of this one and put the radio gear and motor into something else, if it still works.

People say you can't do that, but I don't see why. It would just have to be a body shape that could take these components. Maybe a light flying wing.

I like the idea of the parts swap.