Flew an Astro that other day for the first time in about 12 months, since then I have been flying a HYD Clipper.
To be honest I found no problems with it, jus the initial felling of the controls being "heavier".
Flown the R44 alot in the past few years and always enjoy it, the Raven's are great with the HYD's, but as previously mentioned they are a pain in the @rse without them, regular practice of HYD's off training is a good idea, just to be safe!
The R44 is a great machine 2 people up, with 4 (in a Clipper with the added bottle and cr@p) is becomes short on power and you got to be careful and not red line it!
Overall - I love it, use it every day and find it great for dotting my client around the country, next to the Jetranger!
Happy Flying,
TiP
