In this paper, we analyze the relationship between relay fusion frames and standard fusion frames in finite-dimensional real Hilbert spaces. We propose an optimal design method for tight relay fusion frames in the setting of orthogonal subspaces. Additionally, we prove the existence of non-trivial relay operators and establish stability results for both subspaces and relay operators, showing that small perturbations preserve the relay fusion frame property with frame bounds converging to the original ones. We also present a sufficient condition for constructing relay fusion frames from scaled operators of existing fusion frames and show that invertible relay operators induce fusion frames.