Ah Lurk. Goes with the territory unfortunately. You are right too - sometimes it's better to bin the remains of an unplanned return to earth in favour of a new one - repairs add weight too. DAMHIKT.
Aye, if you can't live with the crashes and rebuilds take up another hobby, like stamp collecting.
Speaking of rebuilding. That of the Chiribiri 5's UC* continues slowly. It's given me an excuse to replace the original port wheel which I was never very happy about, the hub wasn't properly centred. It's only taken three goes (or three evenings) and some sotto voce swearing to get an acceptably round and unbuckled wheel. 24 spoke, 2 cross if yer interested.
Look! It revolves and it's not (very) out of true!
https://vimeo.com/ 553521911 (yes, it's tack the URL together time)
Bit of sanding, sealing and painting yet to do, but this one will do.
Cheers,
Lurk
*It collapsed on its first ever glide test. There's probably a pic somewhere up-thread. If anyone's interested I'll sort out a few snaps of the reinforcements and enhancements.