Originally Posted by
Bell_ringer
There weren't many Robbos with a full panel
There are plenty around here (Northeast US). No shortage of them.
but with newer aircraft having some form of glass panel that is less of a problem.
It is really remarkable how strongly Robinson bought into glass. It's only a little exaggeration to wonder if there is a single 66 being delivered without glass and an autopilot these days, and probably a fair number of 44's, too. And they really hit it out of the park by offering the HeliSAS autopilot well before the 505 and given that such a thing is a rarity in a 120, 206 or 500 since they were all produced before something with a HeliSAS price point came along (now waiting for someone to tell me it's not a real autopilot, only a SAS, but I don't care if it can hold altitude and course while I eat a sandwich with both hands
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