OK I'll come clean...............our 135 cruises at 125-130 kts with 9 bananas on the FLI and 2 hours 20 minutes is the best we have achieved with no fuel left in the main tank and 40/35kg in the supply tanks. That equates to roughly 300 nms. I would love to swop our's for the one Lima Oscar has just for those extra 50 nms.
Hover performance is pretty lethargic. I won't give figures as there are too many varibles, but only to say that my experiences with 'limited power' now are very useful.
Once at and above 40 kts it flys very well and the autopilot is superb. Silly place to put the Cat A switch but believe that this glitch is being addressed.
With 7 pob and no luggage the range is about 70 nms/ 45 mins flight time which is pittiful.
Luggage space is excellent and CG is manageable.
We have a bleed air heater and no a/con as it was too heavy and assessed that we would probably need it only on a couple of occasions.
An Agusta Grand would have been a better choice except that the TR is vunerable to damage being close to the ground in situations of off airport landings. And more expensive. So as a compromise we have the 135 with the harsh ride in turbulent conditions.