Thats a true, but aside from all the pro's/ con's, frank robinson wouldn't of designed it and put it (B2) into production unless it had better characteristics than the B1 would he!?
In the episode above, we were both under 180lbs (just about), and fuel was total of 24/25 gallons...!
From my views, in a beta 2, i can takeoff with 23/24" with no sweats, but as i said above, the exact same scenario in the Beta, she doesn't want to go up, full stop!!!
But sure, who knows, all helis operate differently don't they!!