Congratulations!

Fixin' 'em is part of the fun.

Throttle for altitude with a trainer. Don't try to make 'em stick with down elevator.

One of my early touch-and-goes I spoikked the ground and stalled the engine. Unfortunately, I had speed up and bounced her to about 12 feet, and adding up elevator only stalled the lift. Snapped the wing mounts right out of the fuselage, along with big pieces of the fuselage, when the wing tip came cartwheeling around. It was only then I noticed most other trainers had rubberbands instead of metal wing bolts. Hmmmmm. Had it ready the next day - but with Nylon wing bolts.

Battle scars give 'em character. You'll try things with a chewed up plane that you never would with a prissy one.