I was busy putting together my Stick 60 yesterday and got in a hurry due to having some epoxy sitting and ready to put on the plane. I got the wings done etc and had some more epoxy so decided to install the vertical fin. So I buttered up the thing stuck in the slot and after a hour remembered that I did not strip off the covering on the vertical stab. So there it is nicely placed into the slot , dried epoxy and the covering holding it. Now there is some bare balsa in the slot but I now fear strength is compormised. Will it last or as I think, a very nice plane in the trash? One would think the instructions would mention things like this. This mannual is so bad I called the place where I bought it and complained and his comment was "not worth a damn are they?" Not everyone is a master builder and I should have know better but haste makes waste as it is said. Give my supissions a reply. gphil