I feel your pain warhwk and I do the same. I've got a fairly nice hanger and fly just like you do. XJet is 100% on target. I did what he describes and have a ball doing it. My 15 year old son, (who's been flying for 4 years solo) and me get a couple of beaters, (tribute 3D's) with .46 engines, instead of the recommend .36 and just burn up the sky. We practice hovering/knife's/rolling, etc and don't worry about losing anything. Another few bucks and a couple of hours and we're back in the air if we crack one up. I fly my "nice" stuff during the week when I don't have to worry about someone crazy shooting me down or midair'ing me. The rest of the time we fly the beaters and challenge each other on our simulators on who can hover the longest..LOL