Lee - I do absolutely NOT disagree with your feelings on this - maybe I wasn't clear enough in my post: What I meant was that most people DO set their failsafe to Hold or a "try-to-save-the-plane"-setting, which is an instinctive thought, but not a very clever one. My suggestion about the loop was that I felt that a snaproll without any further control by the pilot would possibly bring the plane out of its axis, while a very tight loop would perhaps keep the plane in line and at the same time bleed off speed rapidly. This is nothing I have tried, just a suggestion.

I have seen the video and let it be very clear: Ditch the plane before even putting the audience at the slightest danger!!

We had a crazy guy here in Norway 2 years ago who sabotaged a scale meeting with military radio equipment, and crashed 7 planes including a jet at top speed. He was caught, put in jail for a period of time and very heavily fined and his equipment was confiscated - in my opinion he should have been charged with attempted murder. So yes, we know and respect the rules: Life and health before money and models....

Tor