bummer. hope it's repairable. my uncle tried to start out with a bi-plane. a guy he knew tried to teach him how to fly but told my uncle this is most likely not going to be fun for you. and he was right. that was the last time he had a plane. he seemed to really want to do it. he bought all kinds of equipment etc. this was back in the early 90's when all there was was gas or nitro glow engines.
maybe I can get him interested again with an apprentice sts or something.