Originally Posted by
admikar
So, your context is to compare 5 seat experimental helicopter with a 14 seat fully certified helicopter?
Only in the context of the timeline. It takes on average 10 years from concept to market for a TC’d aircraft so to expect Hill to take less than half that average is not very realistic especially since he’s using the same regulatory guidance.
What is your opinion of Hill's odds of making these latest timelines, considering that he give almost no time for anything to go wrong during initial tests?
The general opinion, to include mine, is that delays are part of the process in developing a new aircraft and process. And Hill has been overly transparent about these delays and process changes. What I find more interesting is the majority of people who do negatively question his timelines, investors, and progress have zero vested interest with limited to no personal experience of the HX50 or its supporters, nor do they care to. So why do they even bother, especially those who do not fully understand how the E/AB process even works? Even the threads on eVTOLs, which will have a significantly larger impact on rotorcraft industry than the HX50 could ever dream of, come nowhere close to the posts/views of this thread. Why do you think that is?