I don't get why you would seek out an airplane with crap handling when you can fly ones that are pleasant to handle.....
I think perhaps it's something to do with our culture. After centuries of war, religious tyrany, repression, and despotic rule, we developed an amusing sense of irony that never seemed to make it across the Atlantic.
now there's a spectactularly good Test Pilot School aeroplane
I too have flown the Optica. It was a stunning concept that should have flown off the shelves like hot cakes, but the very features to which you allude brought about it's demise.
MJ
