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I've been called far worse. The difference is that this is about something that I know I can always learn more about, and in a group composed of people whose opinions I value and respect, unlike the wider Internet. Thank you.

I specifically said that I would not do anything physical (you even quoted it), and I meant it. I don't operate that way. Continued via reply to PM.

You said that any pilot who flew a Zodiac after the NTSB said they should be grounded was dumb. You knew full well that I'd done so. You were referring to me. You're damned right I did, and I still do. I'll offer you a piece of advice: don't let me know who you are should we ever meet in...

I believe that my decision to continue to fly my aircraft when I did, and to stop flying it when I did, was based on sound reasoning and the information I had at the time. I took a sober assessment of the risks, and of the published facts - which were quite contradictory even within the NTSB's...

Haven't you noticed my absence? It's over this very issue. The MC, by allowing the cited attacks to remain while removing my responses to those attacks, told me I am not welcome. I'd love to make some of the fly-ins, but I see no way to make it possible, and there are some people whose...

Both comments are still present in the last thread on the Zodiac, even after the MC review. The most offensive, and the one most in violation of the rules of conduct that call for all participants to respect each other, is "Seems to me the only dumb pilots were the ones to keep flying them...

I'd comment on this, but I don't think I'd be treated equally or fairly in replying to the inflammatory comments already made. I see no reason to bother.

Some more than others. There's a reason I'm not active here very much any more, and it's because of favoritism shown to another poster: his posts are still up, while the ones I wrote in response are not any more.

When the antenna cable falls off the antenna and you see NO GPS DATA on the screen, it's more than just nice to have another one that you can use.

Exactly. Every airplane is different, and no matter how experienced or talented the pilot, a thorough checkout in a new type is always a good idea.

The thinking is that pilots used to faster, higher-performance aircraft think they can just jump into an LSA and fly it with little or no transition training. This has been found manifestly not to be the case; LSAs are more lightly wing loaded, and require a different mindset, especially in the...

The flip side of this is that the Zodiac is now, without a doubt, the best-understood, most-tested, most-analyzed aircraft in the LSA market, bar none. The modifications strengthen the airframe significantly beyond the ASTm requirements, at a minimal cost in weight. They also remove even the...

Weighed it lately? We weighed an Aeronca Defender a couple of weeks ago. It was supposedly about 740 pounds. We found its actual empty weight to be 922.

Sorry, Lance, but I can't let deliberate offensiveness and willful ignorance of the truth of that degree go unchallenged. He slandered basically everyone who didn't agree with him, including an experienced aircraft designer and the FAA, for letting science get in the way of emotions. That is to...

I was under the impression that you did. If not, then I apologize and withdraw the accusation.

It's not me that I'm offended on behalf of. It's that the post that he "stands by" includes such howlers as "the FAA knew about it for three years" and the totally unsubstantiated rumor that the problem was caused when flaps were added to the wings by popular demand and his statement that the...

I'm still offended, and even more so that your message that started the flamefest is still present unaltered. I regret letting it get to me, but I do not regret being offended by it, for I believe it was clearly meant to be offensive. If you were truly sorry, you'd remove it; if you do, then...

In a perfect world, they would, and would survive and continue to support owners afterward. This ain't a perfect world. I'd much rather pay the bill myself and continue to have AMD around to support my airplane in the future.

This is only true in the Zodiac above about 3.2G, and then only to a minor extent. Personally, I've never had mine above 1.7G, a 45-degree banked turn. Even getting to 2G requires aerobatic flight, something strictly prohibited in the Zodiac.

Someone who wants to be more involved in the building process than the RV-12 kit allows. As I understand it, it's only available in E-LSA, very quick build form. It'll get you in the air in a relative hurry, but you're not doing 51% of the work (and you're not required to for an E-LSA).