RE: (Something Fast?) Delta Build Thread
Once you get up to speed the vertical area isn't a big deal, but the extra area is real handy for clean launches and landings. Lucky that it torn all the way off instead of leaving you with a big skewed piece giving you extra unwanted ruddervator. I had a battery hatch door pop open on a DD at speed and it did make the plane go nuts until the door tore away completely. It's become routine for me now to glass both sides of the balsa fins with hardware store weight cloth.
I'll bet your plane cuts a pretty mean looking sillouette in the sky, have fun with it.