Originally Posted by
nigelh
That doesn’t seem correct to me .... I am paying 200,000 Euro less for mine and it has loads of extras incl carpets , rotor brake and damper !
Also I have now spoken to three people who have cruised around 125 with no real vibration.... maybe the one you went in didn’t have the damper ??
My thoughts exactly... my demo was faster than that and was very smooth up to 115 kts IAS and when we got to 127kts, it felt about like my last ride in a jet ranger at 110 kts or so.... that was in the front left seat of the 505. I got to ride in the front left and back right seats... back right was awesome ride and hardly any vibe at any speed. Just the front seemed to be shaky north of 115.
The comment about the interior is true about being sparse, but i found it no more sparse than the AS350’s or utility configured jet rangers. Corporate versions I’m sure will be very different.