ORIGINAL: gnd2
Crashing is part of the hobby, plain and simple. You can minimize it but you can't eliminate it entirely.
I use a two part system:
1. have a backup on hand
2. remind myself that building 'em is half the fun
I agree. My worst crash was my first one and that is mainly because I then had nothing to fly.
As I upgraded my first Raptor, the spares went into a box and one day I realized I had almost enough for a second heli at almost no extra cost. So I now run a fully blinged metal everything monster and an all original plastic basic clunker.
Still better than having nothing to fly.