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That's some immensely impressive flying right there! Nice work!

And the fact that the people that care about it haven't noticed it suggests that it's not as important as might first appear to be the case. :D

Fantastic news! Day one purchase for me! :D

The campaign closed yesterday having raised a grand total of $5. I don't think we need to worry about it too much.

I was thinking about this and it turns out that I would happily fly ANY helicopter. :D Give me my choice, though, and I'd probably go with the really obvious ones - the Hind, the Apache, the Blackhawk and the Kiowa.

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There's a lot of consumer legislation that unpins and enforces such transactions, though, right? The full, legal contracts do effectively exist at the federal level - they're just not seen by either party in the transaction. The situation regarding crowd-sourced funding is different, though, as pointed out by the Washington State Attorney General's Office in the article you linked:

Interestingly, the KickStarter FAQ on this topic says: However, the "this" that they refer to is: https://ksr-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/creator-responsibility.png I'm no lawyer, but that looks very vague, hand wavy and barely enforceable to me. It's not even proper English and all it seems to suggest is "angry people could get together and try to sue you". It hardly looks like a binding and enforceable legal contract (because God knows I've signed one or two in my time and they're usually dense, complex docs filled with incomprehensible legalese). If that IS the extent of the creators "legal obligation", it reads pretty much like "Dude - seriously. You should REALLY try to give people what you promised them". ;) I could be wrong, though.

That's the inherent challenge with KickStarter projects. There are ZERO guarantees and they're clear and upfront about that. You are NOT buying a product when you back a KickStarter - you're helping to fund a concept you believe in in the hopes that it will reach fruition. The Backer Rewards are incentives, not purchases, and they're not guaranteed. That's why you need to use a lot of discretion when deciding what to back.

It's all probably immaterial anyway. Wags' latest post suggests that backer options are likely to change as a result of what ED can actually afford to deliver versus what Luthier initially promised. Things should hopefully become clearer after the July newsletter.

It's been stated for a while that the Caucasus map will work with EDGE - it just won't get the benefit of all the features that EDGE brings to the table. Looks great, though. Can't wait. :thumbup:

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I don't think anybody has even the slightest clue what you mean.

Fantastic! Thanks for the info, Cibit. :thumbup:

Thanks for your efforts, Pixel. Much appreciated. I guess it would be pretty easy to just swap out the Huey for an Mi-8 too, right?

If we're lucky, that wait might be eased by the arrival of the F-86, Mig-21, Hawk and/or EDGE in the meantime. I can dream, right? :pilotfly: :joystick:

There was an observation from Wags a while back that improved ATC is on their To Do list, but who knows when/if it'll come to fruition?

Hey guys, Just curious, but why do I sometimes get "Sorry, you cannot give reputation to this post"? I don't often remember to give reputation, so it can't be frequency, and I don't think I'm repeatedly giving it to the same people, so I'm not sure what's going on. It's not really a big issue. I'm just interested to know what's going on.

Thanks for all of the ongoing insights, communication and engagement with the community, Pman. It's hugely appreciated. :thumbup:

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Reading this thread is spiking my optimism and excitement in ways that might be hopelessly unrealistic and potentially hazardous to my health. :D

Maybe the updated updater IS the surprise! :shocking:

That's never been more true than on this particular forum. :)

That's an intriguing and highly ambiguous observation. :) Care to provide a little more context (within the constraints of your NDA)?

I was skimming YouTube this afternoon and came across this tutorial video explaining how the Mi-8's autopilot works. In the continued absence of the manual, I found this incredibly useful. One of my favorite birds just got a whole lot more controllable and fun. :)