I had the ocassion to look very close to 2 Enstroms recently. One was about 4 years old and the other looked brand new. Next to these contraptions sat an R22.
What I would like to know is this:
What attracts a sane person to pay a not insubstantial amount of money to climb into these devices and defy gravity.
Even ignoring my background and trying to approach the subject from an unbiased point of view. These contraptions seem alarmingly fragile and heath robinson to say the least
Is it down to one or some of the foll:
1. Any excuse to fly rotary.
2. Cheapest means of getting airborne in 3D.
3. Blind faith
4. Crass stupidity.
I nearly fell off my penny farthing when I read that someone suggested flying one thru the Alps
I'm not trying to be smug or cocky..only, I would equate these machines in the car world to driving a Sinclair C5 down the M6
Why don't prospective purchasers save for a second hand R44 or MD series (500)(not the notar either).