g33,
I really do try to be clear and ingenuous (as opposed to disingenuous!) The 225 is clearly a "newer" aircraft in many ways than an S-61, and those items that were updated are inclusive of that.
I do find it uncomfortable to be espousing and wouldn't really enjoy duking it out with an EC salesman (assuming HC is not one!) because I fear bending pprune over into a commercial vein. The technical comments I make are that, and I try to separate them from the opinions that I also hold.
I hope this thread is instructive for everyone, it was for me.
In any case, I always speak here as an individual, never as the spokesman for any company, and my thoughts here are strictly my own. Those who know me in person might vouch that I do try to call it as I see it, I think. For the record, I do not know of a bad helicopter - like sex, the worst one I ever experienced was pretty darn good!