I understand completely but I lost a FW 190 on it's second flight last month, it never pays to fly in the face of a fast approaching thunderstorm in the mountains. But you know it was just another plane. I kind of have the same feeling whenever I loose one. A little despair but mainly I spend my time trying to analyze just what happened so I don't do it again ( first one I lost in about 6 years).

I have a really old Dazzler that I almost never fly. It's smaller than most stuff I fly and last weekend I took it out for the first time in a year. I think my wife about had heart failure when I rolled it inverted at about 6 feet. Now I won't do that with a warbird but will with a scale aerobatic plane. Heck I guess if it flies I like it. For years I told people "big or small I'll fly them all". Which was true. 10" or 10' let me at it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!