It was kind of a combination of both. I had an aborted take off that ended in a nose over in the tall grass on the side of the field. After that I put her back upright and took off. The minute I leveled off I noticed that I needed full up elevator to keep it aloft. I assumed and still think the battery shifted in the nose over incident.

So, I set up for a short downwind and then the mistake came. When I throttled back just a touch....it started a descent that I couldn't recover from before it went behind a tree......the rest is history.

Anyway, I thought it flew very well on it's first flight, so I really think I'll get another.....at least I think I will....other planes are calling my name too.

One thing I did learn is that having a big rudder like the Magic does requires a good servo. I had bought 4 Hitec 225MG servos for it. None of them would return to center very well. Three or four degrees one way or the other depending on which way the rudder was deflected. Out of the four one 225 was significantly better than the others, so I used it on the rudder. It's a tight fit area on the top of the fues in front of the fin but behind the former in the fuse.

I replaced the other three Hitecs with JR 4131s.... I already had them on hand and they worked very well.

Wiz