hi  funny thing after reading all of the above  -in 20 years of flying -  i have done most of the things posted-  at one time or another  -i never consider it a loss if the plane can be repaired-  i still have my third plane -a 40  size  MIDWEST  stik after 20 years -and still like how it flys-you already read my first flight store a few posts before this one - MEMMORIES_MEMMORIES