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Old 10th Apr 2008, 00:03
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A few notes. It is an impressive looking helicopter. It appears that the high inertia rotor system will make this a much safer helicopter than the R22. Would love to fly one and compare. The biggest issue I have with it right now is that they are associated with Eurocopter and it appears that they are learning some of Eurocopters bad ways. Lack of communication and parts availability. If they can get past that and understand that the market they are dealing with is much different than the government market the Eurocopter works best in, they will give Frank a hard run for his money.

Personally, it is my view that most flight schools treat the R22 as a throw-away helicopter. Run it out, sell it for as much as they can and get and new one. In many ways it makes sense for them to do that. With reasonable component and inspection times, this helicopter will do quite well in the training and personal market.
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