Don't give up on finding it. I lost one in a deep, heavly overgrown creek bed and gave up after a couple weeks looking. There is a power line running parallel to the creek and I saw the power company out looking at lines. I went down and ask them to take a look for me, which they did. No luck so at that point, I gave up all hope. Some three months later, an Ex member of the club was at the field and the subject of my plane came up. He boldly said "I'll find it". and damn if he didn't the next day. The wing and landing gear were lost, but I got the engine batteries, receiver ane three of the five servos digital servos. I pulled the engine apart and cleaned it and it ran just fine. I charged the battery and it was fine. The receiver was sent in to Futaba for a check out and they replaced a second party crystal that I hand in it. The servos were fine. It laid out there through the rainy season, but the fuselage was like a tent over the stuff and everything that was found was OK.

Go back to the field and replay where it went down. Guessing the distance is a problem, but you may have a line to search, or at least a fan. Don't forget to look up also. Mine made it to the ground, but shead the wings, landing gear, and tail fins on the way through the canopy of the trees. Good luck.

Don