WELL... thanks Vettster for the info!! some bad fortune here this afternoon tho...lol. I took the Rafael to a local school track for some taxi tests and to finalize some control adjustments... WELL... kids screaming in my ear..(mine) OMG..lol..anyway there is a great deal of truth to the included TX being sensitive. With some minimal throttle advancement the plane was rolling and quickly approaching Vr (rotation speed). SO after turning around and taxi back to me a kid rolled a skateboard in front of it while at about 12MPH.. it bent the front gear back and broke the front gear control horn while sheering off the L main gear. NICE, eh?
After considering a TAZER application for the kid and myself, I decided to just fly the thing via hand launch. WELL.. in my haste I failed to notice that the elevons were functioning in REVERSE as the controller servo reverse was in reverse mode and/or the ailerons/elevator channel was switched. In either case I should have checked this..but again this is my first plane requiring elevons..so I obviously wasnt thinking about it enough. AT any rateI hand launched it without enough of a push..and had inadvertantly bumped some left aileron into it as it immediately rolled (at what I would estimate as around 360 deg./sec.) and "Lawn DARTED" (I LOVE THAT) into the track just adjacent the grass.
The crash resulted in the front 3rd of the Fuse being severed from the rest of the aircraft(which I subsequntly glued back together and decided to wait for another day..lol
At anyrate I will have it repaired and ready fo another attempt next wkend..! This airplane has incredible potential! I cant wait to get a sustained flight!