RE: How safe are homebuilt planes?
2Fast must be renting 152s somewhere. Try owning a real plane. It's not a "real" plane until the weight of the AD's and paperwork exceed the gross weight of the airship. I've done well over 300 kts in an SX 300 a few feet off a runway on a low pass and watched the G meter peg and I had ZERO doubts of the safety of the structure because I knew exactly who built it. Can't say that for a factory plane.