First flight went well it was a little windy/gusty and very cold out but I had to take her out. She was in the air much shorter than expected but needed about 5 beeps of down elevator at less than half throttle flew around testing flight behavior and stuff but it was very cold my fingers where numb and the wind as picking up. I tried a few landing attempts almost hit a tree but an emergency test of the planes vertical capabilities fixed that.
I landed a little hard finally but I later realized it was because I had forgotten to switch off flaperons or spoilerons i dont remember so I basically did an elevator down

Then it happened i tried taxing back full up elevator of course advancing the throttle ait gust and suddenly im pointed straight up in the air with no time to reactcartwheeled

Damage Report is a broken propeller and the fuse flexed enough that the alieron was able to punch a hole through the fuse sheating next to it the crack widened more as the fuse hit the other directions i havent cut open the sheating yet but most of the structure is intact i just need to reglue the sheating

In the end I'll add a little more exp on the ailerons a little more on elevator and some negative expo on the throttle And add some more decoration to the fuse to hit the future patch that ill need.

Any idea why my plane would just take off like that?

I was just begining to add power to taxi back it had virtuall no forward speed and the wind wasnt that bad Plus the full up elevator thing

Mine is still in the bones,uncoverd, but it sits on its gear with a high, nose up attitude and the wing is surprisingly high off of the ground, so wind will get under it quite easily, I suspect. Being so light it is like a leaf on concrete in a stiff wind.

Was the wind from the front or behind? If the wind was coming from behind the up elevator will lift the tail up VERY easily.

It lifted up as if it was doing a loop I couldn't tell which way it was going it was shifting all over the place and the sock was behind me

the cracked sheating has been fixed just need to sand and put a nice ugly patch untill i can figure out something else to cover the area

Hey man ! That could and will happen to all of us from time to time. What I have found always works best is not to try to aviod the walk out to the plane on those very windy days, But to cut the motor and walk out (BRISKLY) and retreve your badboy while it's still in one piece I finished my new Sledge and it's first day the motor quit in a very low torque roll and W H A M! Time for a new rudder. And I'm supposed to be somewhat experenced? Well like I say " DO DO happens" :stupid: ........ BENDER