I was at the feild today working out my 50 size extra 260. By far the nicest day of the year for flying with almost no wind. It is so much easier to fly presice manouvers on a calm day... Well an older (retired) gentleman shows up at the feild with some foam 4 channel electic Cessna. He asks if I would hand launch it for him so he could have both hands on the controller. I happly help him out. I quickly learn his experience level is limited as I watch him fight to keep the plane flying. I calmly advise hime to just make gentle circles and get some altitude so he would have some room for error. The plane gets away from him and he can't bring it back. So he quickly hands me the controller and says bring it back[X(] I find the underpowered Cessna a challenge to orientate at the distance he had it out but some how manged to avoid crashing his plane and return it to the landing strip for him. I then find he charged his NmHi batteries last week. I advised him to ensure he has a fresh charge on them before flying them (at least within 24 hours). He then gets a battery out and has me fly the plane. This battery had more power so I take the plane to about 100 ft and hand him the controller. After about 3 minutes of porposing due to over controlling the plane the wing sepperates from the fuse and lawn darts to the ground. Upon inspection the wing bolts were firmly mounted to the fuse with chunks of the wings foam still being retained from where the rest of the wing ripped it's self free.

I really do not like these foam planes that are being marketed for "beginners". Many will never get past the initial disapointment and just give up before seeing how much better flying is with a nicer model that of course will cost more.