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Old 27th Nov 2007, 11:46
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To have a "computer says no" situation on a comedy sketch in the comfort of your living room is amusing. To have it on the climb-out into IMC is probably not.
It is not an issue with the G1000 types....when the "computer says no" you are left with "only" what all other aircraft have as their primary flight instruments More or less.....With the handheld radio and pocket GPS you are doing far better than some poor sod partial panel in a steam driven aeroplane.

The plastic aeroplanes all come with 25G impact resistant cockpits and seats, and some have airbags. Look at the firewall of a Cessna, even a brand new one. If you stick that into a fence there is not a lot stopping the engine landing on your lap. Stick a DA40 into a fence and it has been designed to protect you (something they didn't even think about 50 years ago, in cars either).

The Titanic was built with not enough lifeboats beacuse it was unsinkable..... I'd rather be in a plastic rocket ship with BRS which has NOT been certified for spinning, than a aluminium spam can that has NOT been certified for spinning without one Touch wood in the last 7 years I have not managed to get into an unintentional spin yet, even in mishandled aero's gone a bit skewy (because this is the arguement with BRS).
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