it sucks when something like that happens. some guy at the field last saturday had a rough landing and pulled out his front gear on his brand new pattern plane. he spent a good 2-3 hours repairing it at the field.

on his first flight up after the repairs he is coming down from a hammer head and as he pulls to level the plane from the downline, his left horizontal stab flutters away... he slammed full speed into the ground. engine and 2 servos are severly damaged and may be left for scrap. while i didn't offer my opinion as to why it may have happened. i noticed that the break was exactly where the stab meets the fuse and suspected that it may be because he was a little heavy handed when cutting the covering to glue the stab. this is a serious issue and i recommend that everyone uses the soldering iron method in removing the film, it's much better than scoring the stab and waiting for disaster...

not saying that is what happened to you because i can't really see, but it is what i think happened at my local field a few times.