When flown properly, these aircraft are no more likely to end up in the crowd that any other manufacturers product. I have more concern over pilots with poor skills or little respect for the proper operation of these aircraft than the possibilityof structure failure ending up in the crowd. Take a moment to look at all of the stupid stunts that are performed and posted regularly on YouTube. And yet you don’t see the condemnation for this because “well, it’s funny”
I agree that we must continue to push for safer, properly built products but I do not agree with the band wagon approach I see here. In many of these incidents a guy lost a lot of money because of poor manufacturing processes, poor pre operation testing, and poor understanding of what is flightworthy and what is not based on his flying style… This is not a catch all just how I see it...
Last edited by foster4u; 03-26-2014 at 07:13 AM.