If You could operate a 300c for the same price as a R22 There would be very few people bothering with the R22.
Its a fact of life that the machine which can generate the most money will be the machine ordered, and even when the cheaper/more profitable machine is
much less forgiving and proven to have a much higher accident rate this still applies.
I have flown lots of hours in both 300c's and R22's (in all conditions) and there is no question as to which one is the better/safer machine. Put both machines on the flightline at the same price and just see what happens.
Dont worry about flying slower in the 300c, at least you wont have to "overload it" to have enough fuel to actually fly a reasonable distance.
Finally- No doubt there will be Robinson zealots already looking for the reply button to fire off abuse, but before you do this please do a quick W+B for me.
With a 20 minute reserve, what is your fuel endurance with:
ISA day, along the coast, cloud restricts you to 1500' cruise height.
Aircraft zero fuel weight 890Lbs (R22beta)
Pilot weighs 220 LBS
Instructor weighs 170LBS
baggage/charts/water bottle 10LBS
So how far can you get (legally) like that? and still have your 20 minute reserve sloshing around?
