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The R22 was originally designed witht he leisure or personal business traveler in mind so those RRPM and ERPM gauges were probalby suitable for the purpose of that market segment
Originally Posted by Robbiee
Please elaborate.
From the first line of robinson heliccopter inc history description: F
ranklin D. Robinson set about designing and building a cost-effective light helicopter targeted at the private individual, small business man.
originally sold for $40,000 when a
new 1979 Cessna 152s and 172s were being delivered at $26,000 and $35,000, respectively.
With respect to the RRPM gauge, one can see how Guimbal did it with the green range taking half the screen, that was better calibrated to the training aircraft market.