I'm curious - what kind of useful load do you guys actually get for the 212 working at 15000ft+? I'm guessing its around 10deg C up there, and the Bell 212 Tech Book says right around 1300lbs (going on a bare empty ship)... this is on the "Takeoff and Landing GW limitations" chart which has the 14000ft limit written below it. If I go by the IGE hover chart, it says something along the lines of 2500lbs useful load (with all of the thrills of the max power takeoffs you described earlier). Which numbers (if any) are closest?
Do those 212s end up being like oversized 206s at that altitude?
Mike