To figure this out, both(!!) of these guys had to come all the way from California! Really!? The (lack of) acceleration has already become very obvious in his previous videos, they could have also asked him for the recordings out of his G3X. I can only guess how much they already charged him for their 'services'.
So you're saying that Justin should have bet his life on YouTube videos and data that was gathered by hopelessly inexact taxi runs made by someone without any test flying experience and without any regard to fixed parameters?
Are you unaware Elliot was there to pilot their PA-30 as a chase and photo airplane?
There's also something you and everyone else that's criticizing the actions of Justin and Elliot haven't considered. It's ridiculous to assert that the subject of runway length at Cherokee hadn't been discussed with Peter in earlier visits.
I believe Peter is to blame on this one. It's plausible he argued about the issue in earlier visits. He convinced them that when Justin and Elliot came out again, the aircraft would have already undergone high speed runs up to and past the point of liftoff, and that acceleration and control authority was nominal. He told them everything was as anticipated, and flight would be attainable on Cherokee's runway.
They showed up, Justin made some high speed runs, and discovered things that informed his decision. It's not a radical scenario. Peter is the one that told them it would work, and to come on out. He took responsibility for that decision, and agreed it would be billable hours.
You don't seem to have the slightest grasp on the seriousness of pushing in the throttle and leaving the runway in what by all appearances is a poorly designed and ineptly constructed aircraft.
