Thanks Richard! We’ve missed your updates on the Tiger Tail.

I built the vertical tail assembly as a subsection as part of the normal airframe construction and then I decided to keep it separate for awhile to make it easer to install the horizontal stab and align the vertical stab. The part fits over the top of the horizontal stab.

When I got to the fiber glassing process I decided that it would be easer to work with the vertical stab assembly and fuselage if the horizontal and vertical stab were not installed. After I complete the fuselage glassing and wing fillets, the next step will be installing the horizontal and vertical stab. The vertical stab assembly fits the fuselage very well with no gaps at the seams but I expect I’ll add same fiberglass over them. So far it has worked out well and it is much easer to work on the parts as separate units.

I went on a tour of the Boeing Everett Washington 747 plant in the 70s and I was amazed how everything was assembled on the main assembly line from subsections.