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Old 7th Feb 2007, 01:07
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rotorrookie
 
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[QUOTE]Street rumors at the time indicated that the Sikorsky H-92 was a clear front runner if not the competition winner.[/QUOT

Still is in my and many others opinion... The S-92 fleet has now logged over 40000 hrs with(let's face it)only minor birth problems,
though few ppruners think else

EH-101 is just too big...and what will three engines give you over two??
more maintenance? more fuel consump? more complex gerabox? don't know

I put S-92 first but EC-225 very close behind... but like you said this will be political decision so we could end up with MI-17
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