Thanks all for replying. I have read every thread on here with the words firebird freedom in them. A Ton of great info. I took off the wheel and adjusted the screw on the tail as step 17 says, after about 3 adjustments it was all set. Tried hand launching it but was never succesful. I am 6'9 and was chucking it hard, soft, and everything in between. Finally I was successful in a runway take off. I flew it for about 2 minutes. It was great. Being that, I of course had no idea what i was doing, I had the plane doing all kinds of ariel acrobatics (stalling and twisting then recovering). None intentionaly of course. Then as I tried to circle it in for a landing I got nervous, and crashed.

The tail seems tilted to one side now. There are no breaks, but a inch size piece of the plastic coating over the foam is sticking up, on the top right side of the joint where the tail wing sections join, and as I said the right section seems to be tiled more down than the left now. Couldn't get it off the ground again. He of course was jumping for joy from the flight and is all that much more excited to get out again after I figure out what is wrong. Thanks for your time yall.

Noel