Up to some point I could feel that some had a valid reason to argument against IamDavid or whatever the name is. But this is just... a weird response. You know that right?
There is something called progress, is there not? For example that neat little machine you just used to post here: You surely know how much it has changed. Especially for motorsports?! It made a ton of things safer while having a lot less risk involved. What the hell...
Fire safe suits, helmets, great sturdy chassis, braking systems, gripping tires, electronics and tele data that sometimes prevents catastrophical mass collisions etc. Not to mention that all modern fighter airplanes are dependant on computers anyways. What in the world is there against such a system as an emergency device?
Is a parachute system or for example an autopilot, in case the pilot is flying outside the race tracks corridor or maybe even DEAD, really such a bad world for you and ruins the (blood?)"sport"? Last time I checked the "sport" part was to race and not to crash to the ground because of an issue that maybe happened twice already!
Also an "autopilot" could've eventually even prevented that crash. At least it could've been possible to stabilize the plane after the trim tab came off and maybe let it crash elsewhere. See parachute.
Yes, maybe it'd take 50mph or so away due to increased load - but that's not such a big deal is it? If speed is your issue go and start supersonic speed jet racing.
Also you sound like that weird guy in the video, assuming that only YOU are involved with sports. Do you really want that? I already mentioned (in this very thread) that almost every bone in my body was broken at some point. But yes, please teach us/me more about risks in sport and how safety equipment is totally unnecessary and for the retarded young kids.
There is a BIG difference between adrenaline junkies and real sportsmen. As for me I'm a junkie too sometimes like we all are (hence the broken bones) but I wouldn't come close to endangering others. And if there ARE options that would make things safer without even changing the activities much then I'd go for them for sure!
I could personally live even with them keeping the series the way it is if they explicitly say and admit that they don't do the best they can to avoid accidents and not making sure everything is as safe as it could be. Because spectators are not expecting that in the 21st century. We're not living in the medieval ages anymore. And Reno does seem to not want to improve - they stick with their old "muscle car in the air" methods and those are actually outdated.
On the other hand side I believe such a statement would be insane and
it'd be better if they'd at least say: "hey, we have 3 crashed p51s that most likely suffered the same mechnical failure - let's try and see if we can make things a little safer! Engineers, what options do we have now to learn from it and don't have a 4th crash with the same cause soon eventually?"
Personally, if I compare the video of the stunt plane coming down on a parachute and the pilot being unharmed vs. the one with a p51 crashing (doesn't matter what it hits really) I must say I just love modern engineering
