Was lucky enough to do the transition on the actual Olympic B430 @ Bell Factory. The sim wasn't built! Did full autos, stuck pedals and every other profile the Instructor could throw at us.
Great machine. Cat A.....well, depends how much you weigh and a string of other factors. With the exception of flight in Unstable Air mass, the heli operates very well. Has the ability to pick up 9 pax and still fly for an hour!!!! Very smooth rotor system..called ' Soft-in-Plane'....another Yankee invention!!! Does not have parallel SCAS, rather primary and secondary. T/R is the exact same as the B222 circa 1979/80 technology!!!! But then thats Bell, little improvements at a time! Costs too much to do otherwise!
