Gees Ian, you'd better put on your kevlar body armor after that one.

To any other Aresti owners or future owners, I have also heard the reports of the tail being weak and I was skeptical at first. However the other day I went to step in front of the horizontal stab to run up the engine and clumsy me, the stab got in my foot's way. I completely stepped on the left side of the stab and the only damage it sustained was a minor crack at the root of it. I had not flown that day and I still had the itch so I flew it anyway. It flew like normal for about 2 months in this condition until I remembered the small crack and repaired it with thin CA.

FWIW, I really enjoy this plane.