Hi Beeryboats,
Glad you enjoyed the video and I certainly understand your first thoughts. The truth is that the margin in this kind of flying is very much reduced. A person needs to understand and accept the additional risk and there is a lot to love about flying a Kitfox that doesn't need to include any of this kind of flying.
Both planes are equipped with the 914 turbo version of the Rotax - an engine choice I'm very happy I made.