"Dennis Fetters" wrote in message
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John_F wrote:
There were about 500 mini 500's sold and about 100 to 150 flying.
There are at least 11 deaths as of three years ago that I know of
flying the mini 500. You calculate the odds.

Mr Fetters claims the design is fine however when a 60,000 hour
professional helicopter pilot dies in one I took notice. I have lost
three friends to this machine.
John


It's a real shame when people throw out comments like this without the
proof to back it up. I'm not interested in debating with clowns like this,
I'm just to busy, but for those of you that are interested in facts, here
is a complete accident report concerning the Mini-500 below that speaks
the story for it's self.


significant stippage in the interest of brevety

Too busy? You're obviously not too busy to bother to respond to posts like
this, which is something I've wondered why you "still" bother to do after
all this time?

The Mini 500, regardless of it's merits (good or bad) as an experimental
helicopter is history. As you pointed out, there is no factory support,
there are no parts availability except for what a resourceful builder/owner
can come up with on their own. The machine's reliability (or lack thereof)
and your companies support of it (or lack thereof) has been debated and
re-debated adnausium for what, 10 years now? Seems to me that it's time to
move on. All the minds that really care have been made up for a "long" time
now and neither side is going to change the others.

Take care, have a nice life, and give a rest, will ya?
(that applies to all of you, not just Mr. Fetters!)

Steve R.