RE: Newbie mistake....
LOL I did what DB did...the part ... one foot on each side of the stab. I didnt step on the stab but when the plane was ready i took one foot off and acidently swung it across the rudder fin, when i felt it, it was like a kids tooth waiting to come out. So I packed up and went home, no flight that day. A lil bit of expoxy made it as good as new.