Had to come sadly, bigger bangs cost more bucks, and make more bucks, really no one could complain except the new starters into the PPL (H) world who will need to pay an awful lot more to get to that first time, glorious, mind blowing never ending thrill of your first solo!
Plus the fact that the R44 seems very predictable and does not seem to have the twitchiness or the bum biting ability of the R22!!
Vfr