shytorque,
"but I'm pretty cheap"
i would say you can't talk, i would never have imaged??
tim tucker relays a good one, back in his service days, leading a flight of five or so 206's, half with military radio only the other half with civvy only, him with both. Like perfect lemmings they were following him all the way down near LAX somewhwere after his fire went out and by the time he was done declaring emergency, i think on a anothe freq, switching radios and telling em all to piss off the whole lot was nearly done. Someone should ask him.
disintergrated damper clamps comes close the the, "lots of excitement for a short time criteria", so does free wheel failure in a 47 with the old father in law on board from downwind at 70' (the engine goes straight to valve bounce speed, f'n frightening), then spitting a T/R short shaft at 60' still with coll very much up- yeah second time round the old head says do it now son or perish-R22 - drive belts, lower bearings and 47 valves, cyl head bolts letting go fuel pump ruptures, magneto idlershaft dropping off etc etc all good times. i've forgotten how many.
I probably wouldn't be so "shy" about a price?