I took my "Vulcan" powered glider (newly repatched) and my Hobbyzone Scout (tail freshly 'splinted') up to Saratoga Battlefield National Park this evening. I had two amazing flights with the Vulcan, and no crashes, no failed launches, no damage to the plane. Both flights were about 5 minutes long. On the first one there was enough of a breeze aloft for me to let the plane glide unpowered for up to 15 seconds at a time. On the second flight there was less breeze, but I was still able to do 5 second mini-glides. My first landing was absolutely textbook: I brought it in for a smooth landing on the short grass just 10' from me. On the second flight I had to bank away from the first landing attempt, then the battery pack started to run out, but I managed a gentle, controlled landing into some tall grass about 30' from me. Some of it was captured on video, and I'll see if it's worth posting on YouTube.
The Scout just wanted to bank nose-first into the ground. This with the tail at the same angle that previously produced an acceptable climb angle that was cancelled out by a persistant right bank that I couldn't stop. This plane is going to be powereing a foam glider, I think. It's already been discontinued, and replaced by a 3 channel, 8.4 volt version called the "Phantom", but the new plane looks like it uses exactly the same fragile tail boom and a very similar, too-fussy tail assembly.