Congrats, TommyG! That is awesome! What plane were you flying?
Cheers!
It's a plane called an Avispad
(photo in this post). Its made out of Coroflute (cheaper than foamboard in Australia), so its a bit heavy. But its as solid as a rock!
My first attempt at flying ripped out one of the skewers holding the wing on, smashed the prop and DIY Aluminium motor mount.
After my first smooth flight (2nd ever attempt at flying), I had a good landing but taxied into a tree stump

My fingers were shaking on the sticks with excitement.
I settled my nerves and put it back up, not sure what went wrong at this point. The ESC may have cut out the motor on low power as I was making my final approach (forgot to switch on the flight timer in all the excitement).
Alternative blackbox analysis, a control wire to the left aileron broke free, it also became very sluggish to bank around (could this have been from a lack of power too?)
Anyway, damage is minimal: smashed prop & firewall, tail servo gear stripped, right aileron servo ripped out, left aileron servo control horn needs replacing. Fuse and wing are otherwise in 98% health. Off to the hardware store today for a piece of plywood fix it up tonight and right to fly another day!
Thanks again to anyone that has anything to do with FliteTest (especially the community, without an audience there would be no reason for FT to exist!) Its only through the wealth of information available here that I was able to achieve what I have.