Fatal Towplane Accident 5-9-20

On Saturday, May 16, 2020 at 2:19:41 PM UTC-7, wrote:
First time you have a malfunction with one of these contraptions here comes the lawsuit and good by contraption.

With the “technology will fix everything “ mentally, maybe you guys need to design stall/spin proof gliders, cause after all we can’t trust that guys will not be distracted and spin in. Ph we can’t do that, it will impinge on ship performance.you can’t always engineer out “stupid “.

I have about four dozen patents to my name, but I guess I had better stop designing things right away! I don't want to get sued. In fact, we should probably just close the patent office. Too dangerous to encourage this type of inventive behavior.

Where do you draw the line on using technology to enhance safety? Do you use FLARM? an ELT? an airspeed indicator? do you wear shoes?

People are getting killed here, through no fault of their own. If some device as simple as an airbag could give them a fighting chance, it' worth doing.

Matt