FH1100 ... as I can see it , YOU are the only one getting all animated about the 505 . I haven’t heard anyone state it was the best thing around . Even myself , and I am buying one , see it as a compromise.
It’s a Long Ranger with a smaller , but open plan , cockpit with some quite nice avionics . Main point is it’s CHEAP , actually unbelievably cheap and will no doubt get a hefty price hike soon ( it has already had one ) . It is almost the same price as a nice v late 206 used to fetch , It is half the price of an MD500 and Long Ranger and only a little more than the R66 ....... which is a Robinson !! So you Stop getting yourself all pumped up about it ,worrying that it might actually be a decent Helicoper and leave that to somebody who is actually going to fly one . What difference does it make to you if it’s good , great or useless??
I will try to give some info as soon as I have flown it .... warts and all !!