(a recurring theme?)
It is so difficult to know whether there really is anything in all the 'complaints' about the Liberty's reliability. I was in the take off queue at Ormond during the summer at night and the Liberty in front suffered complete instrument failure while on the take off roll. Myself and my instructor where chatting to the ATC guys in the tower and they said that a lot of Liberties had been reporting problems with their FADEC systems while at the hold and having to return (I suppose if anyone would notice this it would be ATC?). So who knows?