Angry,
I have been flying the 105 type for eight years now with the police in the UK, and have several thousand hours on the clock with them. Can only agree with Spinwing - they WILL get you anywhere at all, and are built like the outside loo!! BUT -
Make sure you check on the following points - depending on the role you have in mind the Stretched version (105 CBS 4) has more room, greater WAT-2500kg and is more comfortable for pax. Make sure the Tie-Bar mod has been done (most should be). The Anti-tank tail rotor is the most efficient and has assymetric blades. You would be advised to have Fuzz Burners on the engine mag plugs (will save landing out) Facet oil filters will DOUBLE the oil life and save on mag plug warnings. Make sure that the MGB has had a recent o/h (can be expensive) and the Hyd pack should be o/h too. Pend Abbs are essential for a good track and bal (we flew all the time with these and found that the CBS-5 blades were too expensive) It will drink 180 L per hour max and if you don't fly with the lever up under your armpit it will give better consumption than that. The DOC the police used was in the region of £600 to 1000 sterling per hour. If you need any other titbits of info mail me
FLIR.
