As said above, GWS Slowstick is your best bet for success. It'll fly slow enough that you can keep ahead of it. Repair parts are cheap. I'm teaching a fellow to fly with one now. If you do get one, launch it at half throttle as thats all it takes to fly it. Full throttle it will get ahead of you. Test glide it in long grass. Trim the rudder till it glides straight. Then trim the elevator till it has a fast flat glide. Then try it with power. To bad one of your friends couldn't trim it out for you. But above all, give it another go, Vince.