Well Gaseous/Phil, you don't really seem to be open to a reasoned discussion so I'll try one more time. Hopefully it'll be the last.
Firstly,
have you got a search engine link on your PC? I'll assume not so I have done it for you. Well, strangely enough, I am aware that you're able to search for things on the internet. It's just that it's recognised good practice and common courtesy to include any references within your text. (Incidentally, I found the Lycoming website (using something called Google) and tried using Lycoming's own search function to find 'Flyer'. It came up blank).
But thanks for the pointer to the Flyer articles. When I've got a spare week or two, I'll plough through them. But I did have a quick look through a couple of them and there didn't seem to be any reference or mention of helicopters. Hmmm, I wonder if that's important...
quote WHY IS THE CARBURETTED RAVEN1 STILL AVAILABLE FOR SALE????? For how long? (Blimey. Here we go again with the conspiracy theories.) For as long as Frank's customers want to buy them, I imagine...
Will these 3 facts kill off carburettor equipped Robinsons? Who really knows (apart from FR)? But I can tell you that the Raven2 is offered IN ADDITION to the Raven1. If there was some grand plan to get rid of carburetted machines, then the Raven2 would've replaced the Raven1 (in the same way that the R22B replaced the A, HP etc). But there isn't, so it hasn't.
For the last time, the Raven2 was produced for hot and/or high operations. IN ADDITION TO THE RAVEN1. (Sheesh, you've got me sounding like a Robinson salesman. I'm not even Robinson's biggest fan).
Like I've been saying all along, I'm by no means an expert on this subject but as I alluded to in my original post, it's amazing what you learn (and what myths are 'debunked') on the Robinson Safety Course.
If you haven't already (but I suspect that you have), can I suggest that you attend the course? If you have, then maybe a refresher might be in order (unless of course you're worried that it might just be a load of Robinson corporate propaganda/brainwashing/the lawyers are going to get us blah blah blah...)
Over and out,
B73
P.S. Out of interest Phil, are you a successful businessman (possibly self-made), PPL, owns his own aircraft which is kept at home? Because you seem to be exhibiting some characteristics of a particularly dangerous subset of this 'breed'...