As a guy that has been in the hobby on and off for over thirty years, has once owned a modelling shop, and is just breaking into the jet scene with my first Boomerang Intro, although I am no expert flyer as I don’t get much time to go flying, I have always looked at people like Ali with respect, I have watched that man flying models for many years, and is only the second time I have seen him loose a model, the first an aerobatic job that suffered from overheating of the electronics through the sun on the canopy on a boiling hot mid summers day.
I would trust that guy to fly my most expensive model, likewise as friends of mine have done with their 12 grand models.
I have got the bug to have a go at jets after Ali gave me a go on his XL on a buddy box, something I am forever grateful for. And sorry to say that I agree that you are totally out of order for putting that post on here, okay Ali had a jet go in, but by posting what happened it opened it up to an interesting discussion on what could have caused the crash.

My friend, who is an excellent builder and installer, had an XL, which was superb, with a Weatronics 35mg system dual batteries etc. etc. all the best gear, it had 36 flights on the clock without a problem or a glitch. Last summer he decided to change over to a Powerbox 2.4 system and flew it at a show before the old gear rip out, low and behold on the last flight on the Sunday it locked out and he lost it! Just goes to show, as someone else said, you can loose them no matter what you do.

So Mr. Gladwin, I’d say an apology was in order! [>:]