Your mistake was proably due to A LONG, power dive, just to much air speed most of the combat i have done is in a box in front of the runway so you don't build up that kind of speed, i have a floyd and I really like them, I carbon fiber the leading and tailing edges top and bottom, as well as laminating the spare , use the straping tape with out covering I glassed the fuse front to back double up front on the glass, v blocked the tail on with ca for plastic, I use mini metal gear servos, mini Rx and 270 mah battery, all this to cover the extra weight added with the carbon and glue, I have had several mid airs and never got knocked down I slamed it in to the ground almost full bore with out any airframe damage, ( broke the eng. Mount)My point to this is you can reinfoce things to be almost indestrutable, so I wuld try it again , I buy short kits so I can buy the wood of my likeing, also once you build one the next one is a breeze, or heck build to at once DON'T GIVE UP its to much fun , Fastlash