Legal liability, plain and simple. He was sued multiple times for stupid
builder mistakes..

Jim



"Peter Dohm" wrote in message
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I don't know why with any certainty; but, during the time that he was
supplying plans, Burt Rutan also went on tour and demonstrated his method
of rapid construction. It seems possible that his departure from the
field sinply allowed the preceding "dark age" to resume.

Peter