RE: New Rules Presented by AMA
Glad to see it was not all negative.
I agree with Matt's assesment of the speedlimiter issue. If you are a JetCat user (or BMT i understand) you have an integrated fully functional speedlimiter that works acceptably. But if you have ANY other engine brand your are stuck with one choice that is a very simple design, that could potentially flameout your engine. If the AMA does mandate speedlimiters there needs to be several well designed and tested alternatives out there. Otherwise the rule that is attempting to "decrease" the number of crashes will actually increase them. But.....they are going on an assumption that speed is the cause of crashes and in my opinion that is a flawed assumption. Maybe speed is an issue for some but I have to believe the majority of us have enough sense to know how to work our left thumb. We already have a speedlimiter built into every radio, it's called the throttle. Pilot education will go further than any piece of mandated hardware ever can.