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Old 9th Jul 2018, 15:14
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7's and 8's, the simple maths says the new 22 market seems to be in trouble while Guimbal continue to ship aircraft in this segment worldwide, as small as it may be.
This may be helped by the already large base of R22's that keep reincarnating minus normal attrition and Robinson's push to get people into 44's instead, not that the Cadet has done well. Neither of these trends will help the cost-sensitive hire and flyer as they will be stuck between two more premium products, but then trends aren't defined by that demographic, it is owners and operators that will choose the direction.
Robinson has a large section of private owners, people who don't just buy for cost reasons.
A 4-seater cabri (promising a better operational experience) with modern looks and feel may just corrode an important part of the private owner base.
Imagine how the hire and flyers would complain about having to rent one of those

wrt slagging, everyone has an opinion, you only have to look at the Bell 505 discussions, it's not unique to Robinson - but then no other manufacture has had as colourful a past, or indeed present.
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