I also read the Canadians have a FBW 205 or somesuch doing similar stuff like the DLR 135.
The NRC (National Research Council) runs a 205 and a 412 with one pilot FBW, and the other monitoring mechanical flight controls. The aircraft are used for research and development of FBW control laws, amongst many other things.
The CH148 (S92) is fully FBW, but is still under development. Many successful flight hours so far, but the number of minute aspects that must be managed in developing a full FBW control law is quite overwhelming.
I agree with Stuck-in-ATR's original post, that helicopters are ideal candidates for FBW. There is tremendous potential for vast improvements in stability & control, and reductions in workload. However, there are two issues that make it difficult: one is that the nature of the operation makes the control laws much more complicated, the other is that most helicopters are not economically feasible when the base model gets loaded with expensive avionics or the program suffers huge developmental costs.
Cheers,
Matthew.