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Old 30th Apr 2006, 21:44
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Great aircraft but not the best machine for passengers (ride quality). Not unusable though.

The BO-105CBS (DBS in the UK) is the only way to go as (mentioned before), it is slightly longer fuselage. It allows you to reverse the co-pilot seat to face rearwards so the doctor/paramedic can sit at the head of the patient.

For considerably more grunt, the BO-105LS is the business. It has the longer fuselage (like the CBS/DBS) but is equipped with two C28 engines giving approx. 550SHP per engine as opposed to 450SHP for the CBS.

The BO-105 shares the same rotor head as the BK117 but they don't require much maintenance anyway.

I love them!
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