It is one thing to maiden a plane you just built from a proven kit design. It was always exciting for me and I have crash a few. My last 4 planes have been SPADS that I designed and built. The maiden flight adrenalin rush is unbelievable since these planes have never been flown by anyone and were designed by the TLAR (That Looks About Right rules of aeronautical design). Only one of the four crashed on the maiden flight; a J3-Cub of proven design. I had forgotten how different a cub is on take-off. Snapped rolled it right in. Being a SPAD, there was no damage even though the crash was severe.