Originally Posted by
Wide Mouth Frog
Agile has summarised the situation and it seems to me nobody in the Hill enterprise is being duped.
I think what you’ll find is most commentators here are not stakeholders in the HX50 so they miss the reasons why someone would participate in that manner. Rotorcraft have always been the elusive goal to the private aircraft owner. A good number make an effort by getting a rotorcraft add-on to their certificate, but the costs or realities of private helicopter ownership keep the majority at bay even at the E/AB levels.
Then the HX50 pops up out of nowhere, following a new process and captures the attention of many private owners, to include those who are/were professional pilots, who see a protentional solution to that elusive goal. And since its been only 5 years into this venture, I think you’ll find the majority of stakeholders remain steadfast and completely understand the risks involved regardless what others think they may know.