RE: Don't try to teach/train some one on an overpowered plane
Well, get dad back in the air and glass the wings together this time or add better strength to hold them to the fuselage. I have had some high speed stiks and it should be able to handle it.
I was teaching my boy during his high school years but now he is finishing college and very busy. He'll be back on it someday and I'll still have the stuff to get him back in.
I also feel that a 60 size Ultra Stick and a 125 is a decent combination if you strengthen it up in the right areas. Clean up the engine and get another one and move on. Without being their and seeing it all, sounds to me that it was a structural thing that could have happened with a 60 size engine on it.