in light of the how many planes can you fit in your car thread, im wondering what the average crash rate is for the standard modeler.

the definition of a "crash" is (for standardization, because everyone has their own view of what a crash is)
light crash = break prop, landing gear pop off (if useing nylon bolts) or landing gear rip out if useing metal bolts, overshoot the runway and land in the corn/beans/road/ect but doing little damage. in essence a light crash is just a bad landing
crash = damaged covering from landing in corn/beans/ect (overshoot the runway and mess up your plane), breaking of wings/tail surfaces/fuse/ect. a crash is where the plane comes home in more than one piece, but is still reconizable as a plane, and requires rebuilding/covering work.
total anniliation = plane comes home w/ about half the the material that it went to the field. a crash such as this often destroys the engine/radio/servo's ect, the plane is no longer reconizable and looks more like a pile of sticks and covering (aka firewood)

for me i have a light crash about once a month (every 2 gallons)
a crash about once a year, ive had 2 since i started w/ nitro planes, had a ton when i was flying was teaching myself to fly with little electrics.
no total anniliation crashes yet (knock on wood)
my first crashed resulted in the replacement of my spad trainer's pvc fuse. i had just gotten a computer radio and was messing w/ dual rates, forgot i had the low rates on and went to do a roll about 50 feet above the ground, got about halfway around before i nosed it in around half throttle, inverted, a 10 buck repair and easy fix.
the second crash was w/ a gp rapture, i got it in a really flat spin (for the first time) when i realized i needed to get out of it it just didnt, i knew how to get out of a stall spin but not a flat spin...tried a whole bunch of things before it spiraled into the runway 20 feet infront of me and 20 other people. resulted in the distruction of the right wing and part of the fuse, i repared and its flying better than ever, cost about 15 bucks w/ covering