EGO favors the twin....
... more noise, buttons, switches, gauges, systems, pilots.
... more importance more PAY! - yup its a money thing!
... more engine sales - more bread extracted from the MOD (lets try and sell THREE engines per helicopter!)
fine enjoy the twin - but just stop pissing on our single bonfire without just cause (15 seconds of takeoff exposure doesn't justify 'banning' singles! )
- extended exposure might (just) justify the twin in some cases sure.
If I were sonar dunking I'd rather be in the machine in which I was less likely to find myself in the water than the machine in which I could have an engine fail and stay dry.
The mil (army particularly) did well with the gazelle - they need more numbers of simply maintainable, reliable, versatile low logistical hassel machines.
There's a squared law of .......etc