ORIGINAL: rhklenke

To me I think it depends on what RCU considers ''manufacturer bashing.'' I looked around a bit but couldn't find the official policy to read...

I never really thought that the deal that Andy made with FEJ was apropos to the discussion and he probably should have left that out - I just ignored it. He also should have avoided ''bumping'' the thread just to keep it alive. On the flip side, I think that FEJ's aircraft have some serious problems, some of which, like these pipe issues, are safety related. In the interest of the community, both for safety reasons, and for ''consumer reports'' reasons, this information should be made available *and* updated as it changes. That includes a running count of how many guys have experienced pipe failures in FEJ planes. If guys can come on RCU and say that ''failures are just part of the game, live with it, FEJ jets are great,'' then others should have the right to come on and say ''FEJ pipes are junk and a hazard to your airplane (and those flying with you...), here's how many have failed...''

If the bickering in some of the posts bothered you or some of the comments bordered on ''manufacturer bashing'', then edit them out, but closing down the thread completely was heavy-handed, in my opinion.

Bob