From what I hear it is doing everything it was promised to do !!! It is still my belief that it will go up in value / cost over the next couple of years as Bell don’t need to sell it cheap any more with full order books .
As for looks I now think it’s a cool looking helicopter...a bit quirky maybe but a beautiful cockpit with huge space , flat floor and great viz .
Some love to criticise its looks vehemently but I wonder why they care so much if they are never going to be a purchaser !!!
Annoyingly mine is still sitting in a hangar at Thruxton until I have sold my 109 ....but while it is probably appreciating in value ( partly due to the $) I’m not too concerned as I can always just sell it and carry on with my old faithful....