Well that's just disappointing.

 So...

Lets start with "I had to reset the crash clock today".

I maddened the Ultra Stick today, and the maiden went really well. I had to put in a lot of up elevator, indicating that her CG was supposed to be a lot more aft than advertised. She ran fine once she was warmed up, in the air smooth throttle responses, great power and wonderful speed, decent vertical. I kept her up tossing her around a bit for a nice 10 min flight, landed, and on roll out she hit a bump and tipped forward stopping the engine. No harm.

All systems go!

Setting up.

After the maiden landing.

I took a break, shaking thumbs calmed down, breathing evenly again. I was really impressed, she was exactly what I expected and hoped for! I took the 1lb of lead out, increased the expos to 40%, added the down elevator to the flaps, needed 10 and 15% down for approach and landing flaps, fueled her up and took off again! Trimmed her out, and again really was having a blast. About 10 min into the flight I was flying from north to south. I had been flying high to test transitions between dual rates on the ailerons and elevator. Having the elevator go to 100% was way more than she needed, so intended to drop that down to about 75. I slowed, flicked the elevator to high rates, the right wing dropped, and then kept going. She stalled at about 40 feet AGL, spun clockwise twice and thumbed nose first into the ground. Somehow I stalled her...

Split into 4 pieces, landing gear, shattered fuse, and the wing in two. Not salvageable.

Some planes last for years, some for one to two flights... I am so disappointed. Not just the cost of the model, but the hours spent building her, the joy I was finding in her flight handling. Just so disappointed. I will get another, but not for a few months of grieving. So very disappointed. In a few days I will inspect and salvage parts, put the engine on the test stand and make sure she runs. Then I will put them all away until I feel like loving again.