Originally Posted by
RotaryJ
The Bell 429 would also be a great contender.
No it absolutely is not. It's a 3500 kg aircraft which is restricted to 3175 kg by regulation so payload and endurance are poor. It's cockpit/AFCS is grossly inferior (interface/functionality) to the Helionix suite (in particular for NPAS it doesn't have hover hold). It's much louder from the ground than fenestron machines meaning you can hear it coming from a lot further away and it is at the end of very long parts supply chain from the USA.
Just for the payload issue its a non starter.