The pictures on this page will make more sense when you look at the other 2 pages of pictures.
Since I elected to install the tail tip NOT per the plans, I had to do some extra surgery on the tail tip. If I left the tip the way it came, and only cut out the rear section of the fiberglass tip, then the length of the tail tip is too long and it sticks past the end of the rudder (see pictures on next page).
To prevent that I cut off the same 3/4" of tail tip that would normally be burried beneath the skin of the vertical tail. That made the leading edge of the fiberglass align with the leading edge of the vertical tail, and made the trailing edge of the fiberglass align with the trailing edge of the rudder.
I used my Dremel tool with a cut-off wheel to make the cuts. Works like a knife through butter.
Plans show cutting out only the rear section IF you install per the plans (I'm not).
Here is a 3/4" section cut off.
Here's the Dremel tool I used with a cut-off wheel.
