Hatzflyer
So help me out here. How does the fact that you have never had an engine failure in the past guarantee you will not have one on the next flight ? or that you will get a bird through the canopy ? or suffer some sort of flight control malfunction ?
If you have evaluated the risks and decided that the probability of malfunctions/incidents occuring which will inevitably lead to an accident is sufficently low that you are willing expose yourself to that risks .... well that is only a decision you make. But it is IMO entirely different matter deciding that there are no risks because nothing bad has happened so far. I would suggest that is simply wishfull thinking and not risk management
Personally I have no problem if somebody decides to do something risky and wipes himself out, in an aircraft , or any other conveyance .... that is just evolution in action ..... I do have a problem if he/she has a passenger though as I think that is fundamentally irresponsible.
I do not think given that many or even most readers will not have the experience or training to understand and mitigate the risk inherent in what was shown in the video, that it is a good idea to suggest what this guy did was a good idea. That is obviously just one personal opinion and is worth every penny you paid for it
And this "boring old fart" has said his piece so I will stop monopolizing this thread
Cheers BPF