Giovanni Cento Nove
Well said and 100% on the money!!
You should post more often - would certainly help to inform some of the imposters who offer opinions on this forum.
More real information not old wives tales is what is needed!!
The 600N grew out of the MD 'skunk works'' to compete with the newly released B407 - not the European types.
Remember - these were ethe days when the race was on to produce the 'quiet helicopters' that some ensteins thought the world would have to buy! Nobody knew about it - not even most at MD until it was launched at the HAI ('96 I think)
Practical - not!
Good to fly - not!
Cheap to run - definitely not!! especially when you have pilots who have not been endorsed properly or done any ground school but are quite professional etc etc.