I go with Missleman on everything he suggested and add the following.

I'll apologize now as what I am about to say is going to sound rough and you are most likely pretty upset right now hence your statement "as I am seriously considering never trying again"

This is probably one of the most heard of thing we see here on RCU. Most local hobby shops are willing to do what is needed to get a sale but others still want to make a sale but not stear the person wrong. Learning to fly is not that easy. A good pilot makes it look easy but there are hours required to learn just to master the basics. I read the web site and the add that makes that plane and I can understand why someone would want it, it's a typical sales ploy.

All that being said, I would not worry about the Sky Pilot any longer until you get some good advice. Track down a club close by to you and go visit with them. A lot of clubs love having visitors and most members will bend over backwards to help and explain things. Some members, and I have been known to do this, will even break out the club trainer if the club has one, or in my case, if I have my Four Star with me, I'll hook up a buddy box ad give the person a shot in the air. They must show me some decent enthusiasm though.

You can go to the AMA's web site and use the club locator function or check out the local hobby shops since they are more likely to know exactly how to get in touch with club members

http://www.modelaircraft.org/clubsearch.aspx

Again, I know I sounded crass, I just hate in when someone new wants to learn and gets discouraged because someone wanted to make a buck.

Now to answer what I think happened is not enough initial flying speed with the hand toss either because you threw it up at an angle instead of level or not hard enough or both.