Been there, done that, years ago when I first tried to get into this.

 I maidened my T-34, or I should I let my friend take it up to trim it out, and good thing I did, turned out I had the CG off and it was tail heavy. I would have wrecked it for sure. < See. lesson learned

When you get it back, grab some gorilla glue and glue it back together, and set it up like I mentioned, tame the beast and you will find it flies a lot easier. It really is a good plane, even in gusty winds.

Only mod I have done so far is larger wheels. The nose is 3" mains 2 1/2" and that combination worked perfectly. plane took right off without digging into the grass as it had with the smaller wheels. First landing though, came in a little too nose heavy and bopped its nose into the ground, but no harm done, it just looked bad. Second landing, remembered the larger wheel and flared it a little more nose up this time and perfect 3 point.

Practice make perfect, now I need to go practice my orientation, I still have problems lining it up to the runway. I keep landing it too close to the soy beans.