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rotors88
13th Jun 2006, 11:52
G'day, has anyone out there have any low downs (run cost, fuel burn) the plus's & info on the 333 please. Cheers :ok:
Efirmovich
13th Jun 2006, 13:39
They are never in the air long enough for the costs to be a concern ! !
E.
Graviman
14th Jun 2006, 03:44
http://www.aerospace-technology.com/projects/model333/
Mart
Flingwing207
14th Jun 2006, 13:39
In some research we did while looking for a new aircraft it seems to boil down to this. The 333 burns fuel like a Jet Ranger, MX costs halfway between a JR and an R44. So you can roughly figure based on that. Somewhere I have a spreadsheet that sorted it all out, if I find it I'll let you know.
The 333 is really a niche platform - great for utility- patrol, survey, photo, video, light hook work, rides, and turbine training/IFR training. However to carry passengers any distance, you're better off with an R44 or 206, depending on your requirements.
Flight Safety
15th Jun 2006, 02:36
The last I heard the San Antonio, Texas Police department uses them. They were fairly happy with them the last I heard, which was some time ago.
Conklin and De Decker have pretty good products for operating cost evaluation. Well the worth the expense if you're seriously looking.
http://www.conklindd.com/
turbinetaxi
19th Jun 2006, 15:04
Try talking to TAMS they operate five in the uk, and also operate JR's