Sounds to me that your instructor isn't much of a maiden pilot. Sorry to hear about the mishap. As far as the plane shooting up. The plane has a nose up attitude with the standard wheels which is causing it to shoot straight up in the middle of taxing. You have to get a smaller nose wheel and a little bit larger rear landing gear wheels. I think we have 3 1/2 rears and 1 3/4 front wheels. Take a look at this [link=http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_7580738/mpage_1/key_/tm.htm]BH T-28 Building Thread.[/link] It has a wealth of information from all of us BH T-28 owners.

This plane handles like a gem. The 91 is a big engine for the plane and definitley is a lot for this light 60 size plane. However, it isn't going to make the plane fly like crap. I would recheck the CG, take a close look at the nose up attitude and get it lowered, and set the throws as the instructions say. This plane has a lot of action with the set throws. There is absolutely no reason at all to do anything different. Oh yeah and get a new person to maiden your plane.

Joe