I'm with you completely. With the re-usable resources I have in my RC-model 'section' of my personal laboratory, I can fabricate any number of different flying

I'm with you completely. With the re-usable resources I have in my RC-model 'section' of my personal laboratory, I can fabricate any number of different flying machines - quadcopter included. The only reason thats possible is because the idea of re-using parts is and has been an essential part of the RC/Flying-thing hobby sphere, for almost a century now. The old saying goes: Build -> Fly > Crash -> Goto Beginning (Build..) In the RC/Flying-thing hobby sphere, we're sort of experiencing our own "Long September" with the entry of all these new pilots, who don't seem to have much field discipline, nor construction/re-construction skill of any worth. It is really disturbing to see it happen at some flight fields, but it is a matter of market and economy - and, somehow, general willingness to commit to the hobby rather than just consume it. For the cost of one ShinyCatalog-friendly disposable drone, (Parrot, I'm looking at you.. DJI too..), you can get yourself a full set of electronics and parts and other components, and use it to build yourself a fleet of different flying machines. In short: crashing is part of the hobby. By parts you can crash easily; learn to build, too! building is a big part of the hobby - or at least, should be.