Originally Posted by
Torquetalk
An R44 in the US is just a basic ship, no AI unless instrument certified. Maybe that one was, maybe not. If youre saving here, maybe you are also saving there.
And if manouevering lowish close to a big settlement, and the references are changing from lit horizon to dark depending on track, and moving a goofy stick that needs carefully calibrated inputs, I think some holes in a cheese could line up very quickly. There is really not much room for input error and recovery.
No R44 is instrument certified, but most of the ones I've seen have had at least an artificial horizon, and many now even have glass cockpits. Plus, the police version of the R44 has some pretty cool ****.