Some more data to think about, trying to compare apples to apples (is it said the same way in the King's English?):
- As of the end of May there are 869 R22's of all types and 31 G2's in the FAA registration database for a total of 900 ships, so the G2 is 3.4% of those.
- Since Nov 2016 in the NTSB database when G2's started to appear there are 47 R22 incidents and 5 G2 incidents for a total of 52, of which the G2 accounted for 9.6%.
- On a per ship basis they are crashing nearly 3 times as many as R22's.
- Note that I did not say at "3 times the rate" as I don't have any fleet hour data (does anyone?)
Nevertheless, some interesting numbers to contemplate.
Guimbal needs to build a G2 Mark II with a slightly bigger engine and a regular tail rotor. Now that would be sweet (and cost the same as an R44).