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The ice is fine mate. It's the same thickness as it is over there on lake AS350 and so on. The skaters, well, they are skating here because admission is cheap and they are not competent enough to tackle the lakes where the pros like to go.
You don't get the best selling helicopter in the world if it is mechanically unsound. I jumped back in one a few years back after 6 years or so and I must admit, after flying around in bigger aircraft it wasn't the most comfortable I have been but I am sure that just like I was when I was in them a lot, I would get comfy fast and rely on the helicopter like I would any other.
There are lots of Fords in car crashes, that is not because they are an unsafe car it is because there is a lot of Fords on the road...