Hello Ty
I most certainly do crash planes and I do recycle bits and pieces, including hinges, but the attrition rate eventually means that you get through them. I quite often manage to break hinges, most of my crashes are pretty spectacular affairs. I take it that you crash in a more civilised manner and don't break hinges?
I don't have a clue as to the best large hinges that are on the market and I fly on my own for the vast majority of the time, so I don't get much feedback from other people. The odd few are in the same time warp as myself, so are not much help in queries like this.
Regards,
Andrew.