Meta4 said:Water or land it's all the same.
It's not like landlubber pilots only crash into bubblewrap.
You crash, you stand a good chance of losing the Phantom or doing serious damage anywhere.
Well, no, it's not all the same at all. If you crash on land (which I have, through pilot error) you may indeed do damage, but you're almost certain to get your Phantom back to be repaired, particularly if you take elementary precautions such as putting your contact details on a label on the Phantom, or (even better) using a GPS tracker. Crash into deep water, and your chances of getting it back again are practically zero.
When I crashed my Phantom I did lose it - it ended up in someone's garden. The owner of the house phoned me (my phone number was prominently displayed on the top of the P2) and I got it back. If it had crashed in the middle of the 200'-deep lake alongside which I was flying at the time, it would have been gone for good.