Looking at all the options.
2 yr old low-hrs EC120 about £1m pre haggling
Not keen on taking one of the many 2000 - 2001 machines (12 yr airframe and 15 yr engine overhauls coming up). I'd rather spend that extra now for a younger machine
R66 is a possibility
So is a used AS350 - but can I get a nice one? (1.8m for a new B2 is more than I want to pay).
Not sure I would go to a 206 - possible the L4 if I could get the right price
Still not had "official" word that mine is a W/O but I don't hold out much hope that it will be repaired. The hull value pay-out and sell what's left (and there is a lot of expensive, undamaged bits to sell!) will I suspect cost the insurance company less.
Flew the 66 at Redhill during the roadshow - nice chap let me fly the circuit. Handled just like a 44 but with more power.
I prefer the space and cabin layout of the EC120, and I am actually impressed by its crashworthyness. R66 has price going for it, and more power surplus. However, it gets that surplus mostly (as I see it) from being less substantial in build. Does that trade crashworthyness?
Anyway - can't do anything until the insurance position is settled so just looking at options.
Last edited by John R81; 10th June 2011 at 11:28.
Reason: edited to add reason for editing - thought of the 206L4 overnight