ORIGINAL: Doug Cronkhite
ORIGINAL: Justflying1
I think that it's a disgrace that a prototype is allowed to fly at a Jet event.
However I also think at least they are testing there planes, but should be done at an appropriate test site.
This should be done on a number of flights and tested to the planes full manuvability.
And no I'm not another FEJ haiter.
Ivan
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I disagree. If the prototype has been tested at home, and found to be airworthy, then there should be no problem. There IS a problem if this airplane had never been flown before though. I'm pretty sure against the AMA Safety Code for flying untested aircraft during events.
It doesn't surprise me that FEJ would have never tested this jet, or lied about testing this jet before coming to Kentucky Jets. After all, they break all the other rules and don't care about their customers. They take a customers money ($6,000.00+) up-front, promise a 30 to 90 day delivery that almost ALWAYS turns into a year, they almost never respond to emails, continually have quality problems that they deny, and many times fail to ship the entire order! It appears that nothing else matters to FEJ than money. So why should they care about breaking a little AMA rule or the safety of spectators?
Besides, FEJ's "testing" is as poor as its engineering quality. I'm prone to think they accidently flew this jet faster than their usual "Piper Cub style-speed" test flight and encountered flutter ... just like their customers encounter.
Finally, FEJ is a victim of their own doing !!!
