Istarted flying in July. Did the buddy box thing with a .40 sized trainer and soloed in two long days. In August, I got a Tiger II and had a flyaway with it after about three weeks. I'm rebuilding it now. Got a GP Ugly Stik .40, destroyed it on the third flight, wood and covering flying everywhere. Bought an Escapade in late September and lost it to a radio glitch (Don't use metal connector on the throttle arm.) Bought another one, as Ireally liked the way it flew. I flew that one for about a month then landed it short in the bean field, total loss. Was back to flying the trainer. I was flying a low approach and pushed the throttle up, the engine sped up and the airplane started to climb out. It then abruptly rolled over on it's back and nosed in hard. Toothpicks! Retired the futaba 72mHz radio and went with 2.4 GHz

A guy at the club gave me an old .25 sized trainer which I flew for a month while completing my Extra. The Extra flies really nice, but it didn't like low and slow on final, ripped the gear out. That's fixed and I also have a pseudo-pattern plane, the Seabee, which Ireally like too. I'm being more careful flying these now, I'm tired of losing airplanes. Ialso have a Relvolver, which a buddy maidened for me. It's really nice, but Iwon't fly it until I get better at it, as it's REALLY fast.

In six months, I put together 8 airplanes and and crashed 6 of them. NOW, I'm ready for my "wear them out" phase. lol