"puts it very close to the mtow. If the guys are heavier than that, then you'd prob be over. Not much surprise performance was down a bit!
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To be honest Helimutt imo, its always close to mtow in a 22. Beta 1 or 2, theres not that much difference.
Probably not if your just doing stuff around the aerodrome, but any time we use to go out on my ppl I think we were 24" on take off most of the time. Only sort of at the end of the flight when we got back to the airfield for precision transitions, quick stops etc... did we have plenty of power to play with.
Its probably kind of a good thing to train on a helicopter with relativly low power, you have to really do things "properly" if that makes sence. i.e. learn to use to wind, translational lift etc... (ppl training i mean)
Could do with and extra inch to pull you out of trouble I guess, but then every guy always wants that extra inch....
Then when you suddenly in a 206, 2 up you'll have plenty of power to play with. But learn to fly with little power has to be a good thing to some extent..... just my opinion dont all come and slate me......
