jaybannist(at)cs.com
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 Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 7:03 pm Post subject: Report no. 2 from Sun n Fun - The Heintz clan reactions to |
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Paul,
If I may say, I think you are WAY off base. In the first place, your airplane is not grounded by anyone but you. You can’t shift the blame to The Heintz’. They didn’t ground your airplane. That was your call and your call alone.
In the second place, the Heintz brothers are obviously more gentlemen than you are or they probably would have punched YOU out.
Third, the NTSB is NOT infallible. They are free to say whatever they want, even make stuff up, without proof and without recourse. They made stuff up in their warning letter; in which they even contradicted some of their own accident reports. If they were such hot-shot, not-to-be-questioned engineers, they would have provided ABSOLUTE proof of aileron flutter; which they did not do. What they provided was simply off the wall speculation, based on who knows what. They have a self-imposed mandate to be alarmists, and they dutifully fulfill that mandate. As opposed to that, the FAA can’t act that way. They must be responsible for their actions because their actions have real consequences.
Both the Heintz brothers and the FAA have told us that they are doing everything they can to resolve this issue. Unlike the NTSB, they must find out if there really is a problem with the design in the first place. Apparently you have decided that aileron flutter is the problem and that mass balance is the solution. The problem is that you don’t know what you don’t know (and you apparently don’t even know that). If they do discover a design problem they still have to design a real solution; not just something to placate the NTSB, ZBAG and you. It is totally unreasonable to expect that to happen instantly.
Stay angry with the Heintz brothers and make yourself miserable; or back off, relax and get back to building and soothe your psyche. Just make up your mind to wait for this to be resolved in a safe and reasonable fashion. It WILL be resolved.
Jay Bannister
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