Thanks for the help.

if you ever start having problems with the tail breaking just glue two strips the longway about 1 cm from the leading edge and 1/8" from the control surfaces

Great Post Guys,
I am a complete newb to flying. I recentlly purchased a Firebird Scout and it was Nose dive after Nosedive. I noticed the boom was loose and now I am going to secure it and the motor mount. Just one question though did the trimming of the plane help in your modification to get it to lift in the air?

Trim is definately part of it but it sounds like the loose boom is your problem. Remember the only way to get a 2 channel down is to let it come down or if you get in real trouble (like winds blowing it away etc) to cause it to death spiral, so make sure you dont trim it up too much or you'll just porpoise constantly and eventually crash from a stall. it should climb at full throttle and maintain level flight at half, roughly of course. Anyways, get the hang of it then you can pick up an Aerobird, Stryker or a Slo-V and start learning the up and down parts. TO be honest if I had to start over, I would have gone with an Aerobird first...I actually find my Commander the hardest one to fly these days, its scary not having any control over coming down fast in a pinch.

PS-The night flight module is a blast on my SLo-V and where I am the wind calms down at night

Oh, one last tip, if you happen to end up in a tree, make sure there aren't any bee's nests in it before you try and climb it .... ouch [:@].....Anyways after the bees had there way with me I remembered a tip from someone at the LHS, I taped a spool of kite string to a baseball I had in my trunk, threw it over the offending tree limb (away fromt he plane) and used it to shake the limb and free the plane. God if I only thought of that sooner.....

You know what dude? I've been having the exact same problem with my FBD. It just nosedives into the ground. I've literally tried everything: bigger prop, more angle on the ele-rudders, battery father aft in the fuselage for a better C of G, everything imaginable. Now, I finally found the problem and solution. Problem: I live in Colorado Springs (6,500 ft) and the air is too thin for the small prop to grab and push off of. I tried it in San Diego and it'll take off from the ground - no throwing needed. So if you live high in altitude, sucks to be you and your FBS! Solution: larger DC motor and propeller for the Firebird II. If you have the money, buy a Commander 2. It is said to fly better here. That's all I can say. Oh, by the way, does anyone know where to get a more powerful engine that fits?

One more thing. I'm good at reading the first few replys and then posting my own before reading all the others. My bad. The boon on my FBS isn't loose, but it does kind of bend down. I'll also try to velcro my batteries to the plane because mine has been broken multiple times thanks to excessively hard 'landings'. I'll see if some drilled holes in the boon, some solder wire, and some hot glue will do the trick. Thanks for the advice all!!!

I am having a problem with the plane shutting off in mid-air. I think it is from the battery pulling on where the wire is connected to the main part of the plane, chip, or whatever you wanna call it, any advice on what to do about this. I think this happened the first few times i flew it and the battery popped out when it crashed. I fixed that problem, but now i have this problem.

This Firebird Scout has exactly two problems: boom pop-out and the rudder screws. When you fix these two things: adjust the back screw on the rudder (to increase angle, unscrew a bit) and fix the boom not to pop-out, you're on the fly.