Wow lots of crashing going on around here lately. My bird is now back to 100% after my crash last Friday. It cost me about $50 including a new set of rotor blades. I think I am going to take it much slower now as well. After hovering in my garage I am having some trouble keeping oriented once the heli gets up around 10'-15' off the ground. I did decide to ditch the trainging gear last night hopefully will not need to reinstall it again. I agree that parts for this bird are pretty pricy. However, I just priced out a new T-Rex 450SA today at my LHS and it totaled right around $700. I promised myself that I must become proficient at flying the Axe before I can move up. If I keep crashing my Axe and dropping $50 to fix it I will never be able to save up the cash to get a T-Rex. Everyone fly straight and keep safe!