Ultimately you run the risk of well. What happened. People dying.
Frankly. Every indication now is that the company knew it was of questionable safety standards. Knew the parts they were using in it. Weren’t rated for the stress they were going to put it through.
They went as far as firing the person who raised safety concerns. And deliberately went out of their way to avoid subjecting it to inspection by any national authority, agency or any other Government body from any nation.
If your going to risk your neck on with whatever you’ve invented or jury rigged. Provided your doing in an area well away from other people should something go wrong. I say why not. Have at it. No reason to get the Feds/Government involved if the Only one at risk is you if something goes wrong in testing.
But if your going to potentially put other people at risk. Especially when working it in the form of a Business venture. Even if they’ve signed a waiver or whatever. You should be subject to some sort of formal scrutiny by someone before commercial use of your product. Whether that’s a Government body or some other kind of public or private entity/agency.
Ultimately you run the risk of well. What happened. People dying.
Frankly. Every indication now is that the company knew it was of questionable safety standards. Knew the parts they were using in it. Weren’t rated for the stress they were going to put it through.
They went as far as firing the person who raised safety concerns. And deliberately went out of their way to avoid subjecting it to inspection by any national authority, agency or any other Government body from any nation.
If your going to risk your neck on with whatever you’ve invented or jury rigged. Provided your doing in an area well away from other people should something go wrong. I say why not. Have at it. No reason to get the Feds/Government involved if the Only one at risk is you if something goes wrong in testing.
But if your going to potentially put other people at risk. Especially when working it in the form of a Business venture. Even if they’ve signed a waiver or whatever. You should be subject to some sort of formal scrutiny by someone before commercial use of your product. Whether that’s a Government body or some other kind of public or private entity/agency.