ORIGINAL: ChopperMike
I'm lucky. My airplanes usually don't last long enough for my fuel tanks to get a 'stiffy'.
I never quite understood these kinds of statements. Someone would say don't worry about how long the enigine will last since it'll most likely be damaged in a crash before it wears out anyway. I don't crash my helicopters that often and they're a lot harder to fly than fixed wing! What are you guys doin' wrong?
I'll be serious. Most of my crashes occur while 'slow and low'. The impacts are not very voilent when you only have a foot to fall.
I have augared a few in from about 10 feet... that's when it gets messy for the engines.