Auger, I don't know why you are already coming to the conclusion that you can't fly. a few laps and a crash shouldn't have you
saying "maybe I can't fly" what happened to your plane is very unfortunate, but whether or not you went to a PLATINUM club with
GOLD trim the instructor should have never handed you the transmitter. It is the instructors job to make the decisions regarding your
training. I have instructed pilots and would never hand a transmitter to a student on his first flight with no buddy box, if there was
no buddy box available, you would not have flown until one was, or you would use my trainer . Please stop kicking yourself in the
arse and get back in the air.

A few other opinions: If someone wants to join this hobby, it is not my responsibilty as an instructor or fellow club member to judge him
based on his words or looks, and tell him that this is an expensive hobby and maybe he shouldn't be doing it. This is one of the reasons
I see beginner pilots saying the would rather not join a club and go the park flyer route.

If a person is an instructor and wants to teach rudder, it the instructor, and only the instructors decision. throttle control is mandatory but
if someone is having a hard time with just elevator and aileron then I will set the throttle to 1/2 and let him get used to flying circles before
adding any other controls. Again the instructor should be calling the shots not the student.