a gasser crashing into anything at full throttle could be deadly. someone lost control of a gasser earlier this year in taiwan and hit and killed a farmer on a neighboring field. had the plane had failsafe, it may not have happened.

i am all for safety and if failsafe is one extra level of safety, then great. but be reasonable. if you're flying a park flyer without failsafe, that's different than a turbine (also earlier this year a guy lost control of his jet and flew it into someones apartment, causing a fire). i think there should be mandatory failsafe for larger planes. and i think they should make failsafes that do two things, once the signal is lost, it should go into failsafe mode. when the signal is lost for over 5 seconds, it should cut the engine.

now flying over people's houses... i've always detested those people that fly without consideration of the people around them. i've seen low passes so close that they've ended up bashing into things on the ground. one plane hit the tent pole of the tent i was working under. a 40 size plane. people that have no regard for safety should not be allowed to fly. period.