And another one:
Although Robinson is the number 1 in safety - at least in the statistics: I am afraid the relative number of Rīs in accidents will increase. There are just so many out there already and getting more everyday, at a high rate. If half the world drives Toyotas, well a lot of Toyotas will be in accidents.
It will still be the safest machine per flighthours!
Besides I think Robinson is very conservative about his helicopters.
Look at the new Raven II, finally we got a max grossweight increase of 100 lb to the new engine! I do not believe that there had to be any structural changes done.
Fly safe!