Enstrom manage to get a turbocharged O360 to cool OK and produce 225 BHP - The same as the 5 minute rating for the R44 540.
It can be done.
And the Enstrom is fuel injected -no carb heat, max UAW 2600 lb
The Enstrom design is 27 years old - and reliable - and cheap(ish)
Price comparisons not valid as only 3 pax.
Its about time Robinson stopped fobbing us off with carburettor equipped lycomings and dragged themselves into 1970s technology.
I would still rather have an R44 - even an Astro, though!
Last edited by Gaseous; 18th Jun 2002 at 00:40.