Originally Posted by
malabo
I’ve flown the 505, but not worked it. Curious why the appeal over, say, a used 407. Operating cost?
Key differences would be modern startup and dual FADEC thet even the 407 only just received recently, so used ones are still older style governing. Other big difference is crashworthiness. Far superior to baseline comparables. Finally the clean burn of the engine is a nice differentiations in a class dominated by RR engines.