alt Hacker NewsFlying in a plane you built yourself is likely safer than flying in the same model of plane built by a company that assembled it for you using lowest-bid labor while making you sign a twenty page lawyer barf disclaiming liability.
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habinero • yesterday at 6:27 AM
Are you really comparing an amateur skillset to designs from paid engineers made on a company assembly line with QC?
Why on earth would you think an experimental aircraft made by a hobbyist would be safer?
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amrocha • yesterday at 2:46 AM
You can’t honestly believe that or you wouldn’t be able to function in society.
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We have decades of data saying that isn’t true. Homebuilt aircraft have much worse accident rates than factory built aircraft.