After I had built my Four Star 40 kit, and before I had flown it, I accidentally dropped a rolled-up sleeping bag on it and snapped off the vertical stab. I had ignored the suggestion about adding tri-stock during the build, but I definitely put it back together with tri-stock.

I'm glad you didn't get hurt. I'm always afraid that one of the less-steady old guys at the field is going to do this with a plane that is running. I usually volunteer to carry their planes off the starting benches for them.

Good luck with the rebuild.