I broke my landing gear do to a hard landing from running my battery too low and the ESC shut the power off. I was in a low head speed and not enough to keep the blades holding the heli up in an auto and it came down hard on the skids. Luckily the skids were the only thing to break. Other than that these have held up to many landings and even some quicker and firmer landings. Good to have a spare on hand.