Would you fly a plane built by school students?

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3 hours ago, djpacro said:

https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/2007/ar-2007-043(2) for the page where you can download the pdf

or go direct to the pdf https://www.atsb.gov.au/sites/default/files/media/4097175/ar-2007-043_2__final.pdf

 

The one that caught my eye was:

"Loss of aircraft control led to 25 per cent of all amateur-built accidents, slightly more than for factory-built aircraft accidents, however, the loss of control accident rate was over four times higher. Serious injury was three times more likely after loss of control in amateur-built aircraft accidents than for factory-built. Loss of control accidents were more likely to be from aircraft handling issues where pilots had relatively less experience on the aircraft type, and to a lesser extent, engine problems. Aircraft loss of control was more likely to occur in the initial climb phase of flight in amateur-built accidents."

 

I just brought an amateur built aircraft home. The first thing I noticed was the poorly installed car type seatbelt. It's absolutely useless, very difficult to adjust and due to the location of the fixtures provides poor upper body restraint. The very first and in my opinion important change will be fitting some good four-point harnesses. Items such as this such as this can add to the possibility of serious injury in an accident.