I crashed my Midwest Aerostar trainer today. I just started with RC planes. I've talked to a lot of the guys in my local club and read many posts on these forums before buying my trainer and gear.

This was the third day I had taken my plane out. I have a lot of experience on the Sim over the past 3 weeks, so I picked up flying the trainer pretty quickly. Yesterday I was doing rolls, Immelman's and loops. The members watching me yesterday said I was ready for my second plane.

I was out this morning and on my third flight of the day I was doing some similar maneuvers when I was coming around for another pass the wings (a one-piece that is rubberbanded on) snapped right in half. The plane, of course, came down like a brick into the tall weeds adjacent to the airfield.

When I came back to the pits with the pieces in hand, some of the regulars were like: "you flew it too hard for a trainer". Now they tell me. A day ago they were teaching me to do Immelman's and loops. I'm not mad at them at all though. I was the one flying. At least I'm ready to get a plane that can handle all that stuff... and a lot more.

The wife wasn't happy that I came home with a broken plane after my third trip out... but she's letting me get another plane. Maybe it's because I just bought her $4,500 in furniture. I can buy a lot more planes with that kind of credit!