The ...But to say it's a flawed design because you don't agree with it, ....
That's not what he's saying. He's saying it's a bad design FULLSTOP. And he's right. It is a stupidly bad design!
And it has already been shown that a spiral descent which is a perfectly acceptable manoeuvre, is only a gnat's **** away from shutting off the motors.
IF it was a stick combo that simply cannot make any sense as a manoeuvre, then you may have a point, but that one stick combo isn't an unreasonable stick combo.
There used to be four combos. Remove the ones that are actually close to a sensible manoeuvre such as a spiral descent, and the problem is solved.
However, I do agree that arguing here is pointless. Those who cannot see the inherent problem in the design, will always be blind, and simply say the manual tells you about it.
Those who understand that the only way to get great design is to see a fault in a good design, and remove the fault, but they'll be preaching to the wrong people. It really does need to be brought up with DJI.
However, we all know how slowly a company like DJI moves, it's like turning an aircraft carrier - as evidenced by the fact that they're now up to the 3rd iteration of the Phantom and they still haven't changed the fault. It really does need to move to a debate with DJI rather than a debate here. It's never going to change anyone's mind here.