RE: Feeling severe newbie dollar pain - need advise
I agree, with a PROPER pre-flight there should be absolutely nothing unexpect about a maiden flight. Might need a little trim here and there, but if you check the balance, all equipment and electronics, check control surfaces, structure integrity, etc... There is NO REASON a plane should be lost... Maybe once in a while a fluke occurence might happen, but DEFINATELY not twice in a row... This definately sounds like your intructor doesn't have any idea what he's doing.