Speaking of money down the tube, my son-in-law bought a new nitro plane about three weeks ago. Hadn't had a chance to fly until I went down yesterday. He is actually a pretty good pilot and flew it about two hours off and on. He apparently was doing some loops and rolls (I was flying my rex so I wasn't watching) and on the last loop it just stopped responding and nosed in from about 50 feet up at approximately 70 mph. $375 just obliterated in about two seconds. He lost the motor too. Like I said, I was flying the rex and it startled me so bad I put it down a little too hard and trashed a set of blades. So his crash even cost me $12, I'll accept the trade off.

Crashcrash--hope that makes you feel better. Like choppersrule said, the key is take it slow. and if you don't have a good sim, RF G3 is down to $169. I know that's more money, but will save you a fortune in the long run. And besides, it's Christmas, get somebody else to pay for it.