Originally Posted by
nomorehelosforme
Same old from you and Robbie in defense of your blessed machines...... stay safe
No less than I expect from you, either. What machine do you find "most blessed"? I'll be happy to post implying how it was the machine's fault every time one crashes. Very easy to do with a lot of machines. G2--oh look, someone let the fenestron get away from them again. Jetbox--oh look, "LTE". 500--damn cowboy factor got him again. Squirrel got squirrely on landing. All RUBBISH. The pilot didn't fly the machine properly and within limits, period.
Now if you want to argue about how the workings of insurance underwriters lets less experience pilots fly less expensive and therefore less capable aircraft thus leading to more crashes by same in same because of same, then that's a reasonable discussion. But don't blame the machine. If everyone started out in the safest, highest performance margin helicopter possible and worked DOWN to the Robinson that would change a lot of things, wouldn't it? But that's not how it works, unless perhaps if you are ex/retired military.