On May 20, 8:52*pm, Oliver Arend wrote:

I'm wondering how much trouble is hidden in other kitplane designs?
Obviously, the RV fleet seems to be rather untroubled, but the others?

It's not just problems with the design (if any). Plenty of instances
of a design that has no problems *if built according to the plans* but
have problems when builders make changes (even if it's just to make it
'stronger'). For example, on Ron's Flybaby page (http://
www.bowersflybaby.com/safety/index.html) there is discussion of wing
departure accidents on Flybabys that builders changed. There appears
to be nothing wrong with the Flybaby design, yet wings did come off.
And others have mentioned the RV-3 'problems'.

So pick a design that has lots of examples flying and build it
according to the plans.

Ross