As per the Kinks song many of us are 'dedicated followers of fashion'.

If Quique, Shulman, Youngblood, insert gun pilot here......... starts using all these
gadgets all the Quique, Shulman, Youngblood, insert gun pilot here......... wanabees
wander off like drones to buy this stuff in the (unlikely) hope that they will fly as good
as their heros.

Me? Give me the KISS principal every time. Who was it that said 'simplify & add lightness'?

One of the major airliner manufacturers (I think it was Boeing) used the line that a twin engine aircraft was half as likely to have an engine failure as a 4 engined plane when campaigning for ETOPS operations (Extended-range Twin-engine Operational Performance Standards).

If it's not there it cannot fail. - John.