Watched a guy at the club who was doing a low pass down the active stuff his superstar in.

He was at maybe 30 ft and full throttle started to do a roll and then put in the wrong elevator.. Plane blew into pieces on impact, only thing holding the pieces together was pushrods. The hole the engine was in must have been 5 inches deep and it was hard for him to pull it free..

He was much calmer than I would have been.. said if you haven't crashed one you aren't trying...

You can't be afraid of crashing. I have a friend that has some beautiful planes. He is afraid of crashing them so he doesn't fly them.

I have fun with every plane I build. They are all fixable.

Fly and have fun, or hang it on the ceiling and look at it. Which would you rather do?

One of my favorite quotes:

"If you don't want to break them, don't fly them."

If an airplane is to precious to risk a crash then it was not worth the time to build it.

John

I work on the basis that every RC plane has at least 1 crash built into it.

My goal os to see how long I can fly it before that crash occurs.

In this hobby, you have to be able to pick up the pieces, sort out what is re-usable and go on.

Take care,

Every RC Plane has an expiration date; some longer than others, but they all have one.

Kind of reminds me of what we used to say when flying Helicopters...

Any landing you can walk away from is a good landing.....

Thats why they put trash can at flying sites.

personally i would take all the bits i could find home with me and give them a viking funeral

My Field is definately a BYOB field (Bring Your Own Bag)

Terry

I think i would cry lol.

As Mr. Stefan said, all planes have an expiration date built into them.

....I've looked for mine vigilantly......Kits, ARFs, Scratch...never found one.

But they found me on more than one occasion...!

(We need an expiration date finder for these planes!)

Then bring a crying towel to the field, you'll need it someday.