RE: Looking to get in the air
Chad,
Just because you bought a Stik doesn't mean it's the solution for everybody.
Sam,
Actually, the damage you have there isn't really bad at all. Hopefully you saved all of pieces of the fuselage. You can use epoxy or thick CA to reglue those pieces back to the fuselage. Once they are back in place you can epoxy some popsicle sticks inside the fuselage over the joints to strengthen them up. For the horizontal stabilizer you can reglue the big parts together with thick CA, then use balsa to rebuild the part that was missing. You should be able to glue the pieces of the vertical stabilizer back together with thick CA too. Then use 30 minute epoxy to glue the tail feathers back to the fuselage. It may not come out looking perfect, but you can definately get his plane back in the air. Just take a deep breath and relax, you can get this back together.
Hope this helps.
Ken