Zoo,
Ouch, $375 in 2 secounds. My head would be hanging on that one. The bad part, you mentioned in the last loop it just stopped responding, chances are you'll probably never figure out what failed. My guess is that the plane was in a whole lot of tiny little pieces.
After reading this story, my worst crash was only about $80, blades and a fried 4-in-1. I feel fortunate now. But we've all read and know, that this is not a cheap hobby by anymeans.
Take 'er easy,
Dave / Choppersrule
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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.