I've often wondered how these machines were ever certificated.
Is it true that instructors are warned not to give eng fail exercises in the climb without fore-warning the stude, as no-one has fast enough reactions to maintain RRPM otherwise?!!
Flying Lawyer, yes, Frank has put helo flying in to the realms of the paying pilot, but you will admit that it has a pretty poor accident record. As you now fly the Gazelle,a brilliant machine, I think you will agree that the robbo is not the helicopter for the beginner or the hamfisted.
None of my 4000+ helo hours are in the Robbo, as my mum told me never to fly anything which can have a mid-air collision with itself, and it seems to me that the only difference between the 44 and 22 is the potential number of deceased.
To put the most difficult helo to fly in the hands of the least experienced seems akin to starting a PPL in one of your beloved warbirds!
