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Old 6th May 2008, 08:04
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helimutt
 
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Not a silly question if you don't know the answer. Too expensive for the cheaper end helicopters. Even some good twin eng heli's don't have IFR fit. As for things like doppler hover etc? I think not, if thats what you mean.

Some autopilots will bring you to 50' above runway height at 70kts, although, playing around a bit, saw that 50kts and 20' above the runway is possible from a fully coupled ILS. (courtesy of The Governor) but this isnt going to work out in open countryside, on a hillside, in ****e weather.

As for modern, the R22 /R44 is still being produced to day so in effect, is a modern helicopter. Inside you couldn't ask for more basic, unless of course you climb into a schweizer?
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