Hello,no question here.Get the best206 B3 you can afford and you'll never look back.The 206 has history and is a real helicopter,not some disposible ,lightweight,check the blades EVERY time you fly it peice of junk that has somehow sliped thru the cracks and is called a helicopter.All R44s should still (and for ever) be in the restricted catagory .
Sure the J/R will be a little more costly to run but at the end of the year (or 12 ) won't be a lot in it and you will have the peice of mind that given proper care it will transport you and your pax safely and reliably for years and years as history has shown,and yes I like the 206.Done a lot of time in them and love the old girls.
50 hrs in R44s was 51 hrs to many.(have included the 1hr convincing to get me in the silly little thing).
GO Bell.
